Which one of these video cards would you trust to run these games?

Resident evil 5

Need for speed undercover

Need for speed most wanted

Split/second



With this computer



Dell Optiplex GX620



Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition

Processor

Model Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.80GHz



Current video card

Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family 224 Mb



80GB hard drive



PS 275W

MBM: REVA01/CN-OPY423-13740-68R-03TH



POSSIBLE CARDS TO CHOOSE FROM:



Visiontek ATI Radeon™ HD 3450 Graphics card



http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=A3082456&~ck=baynoteSearch&baynote_bnrank=4&baynote_irrank=0



Visiontek The ATI Radeon™ HD 4350 512MB DDR2 PCI Express Graphics Card



http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=A3515673&~ck=baynoteSearch&baynote_bnrank=5&baynote_irrank=0



Visiontek ATI Radeon™ HD 4550 graphics cards



http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=dhs&cs=19&sku=A2828384|||None of the above, and DO NOT BUY A VIDEO CARD FROM DELL! There is no need for that. They're a HORRIBLE ripoff.



That being said, there are a number of problems with putting a video card in that computer. First, your power supply is weak, and if that computer is in a slim case, then a power supply upgrade is out of the question. As it is now, the best you could put in it is a low-profile Radeon 5570 or perhaps a GT 240. That's it. Furthermore, if you don't have at least 2GB of RAM (preferably 3GB), then those games won't run well no matter which video card you put in it. On top of that, the Pentium D is weak and will bottleneck the system even further. Upgrading the CPU is out of the question as all you can do is put a marginally faster Pentium D in it. Most early 775 boards (especially OEM boards) won't accomodate any Core 2 Duo chip.



Your best bet is to save up for a newer computer. You're going to get severely diminished returns for your money by upgrading that one.