How To Upgrade Your Graphics Card

#1 PCWorld

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Posted 26 April 2011 - 05:01 PM

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#2 jocaan409

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Posted 13 June 2011 - 03:11 AM

Is there some sort of chart which shows compatibiltiy between graphics card and cpu?

#3 ChiefPhotoMate

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Posted 13 September 2011 - 03:14 PM

II need to upgrade my Dell Inspiron 530 desktop computer to enable OpenGL options in Photoshop CS5. How can I find out if there is an available Graphics card upgrade available for this computer and where I can purchase it?

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Posted 13 September 2011 - 03:15 PM

I need to upgrade my Dell Inspiron 530 desktop computer to enable OpenGL options in Photoshop CS5. How can I find out if there is an available Graphics card upgrade available for this computer and where do I purchase it?

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Posted 24 February 2012 - 07:59 AM

jocaan409, on 13 June 2011 - 03:11 AM, said:

Is there some sort of chart which shows compatibiltiy between graphics card and cpu?

There really isn't "compatibility" to be concerned with for GPUs and CPUs. There are certain motherboards which have slots for certain graphics cards (e.g. PCI-E, AGP) and certain processors which will bottleneck certain graphics cards... but that's really a lot of information to get into.

#6 gameplay4all

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Posted 15 December 2012 - 02:01 PM

i have a dell inspirion:
i5 dual 3.00ghz
gtx530
6 gb ram
power supplie : i dont know

should i upgrade my card to gtx660?
please answer
thnx

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Posted 02 February 2013 - 09:02 AM

I have to install a new gpu with the old drivers still installed, is this going to be a problem? I can't exactly put the old one back in and my motherboard doesn't have onboard video. I just want to do this right as this is my first build all of my own and I got a bad card the first time. I am installing a different AMD card, the first one was a hd7870 and this one is a hd6970.

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Posted 21 March 2013 - 01:11 AM

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Is there some sort of chart which shows compatibiltiy between graphics card and cpu?

Pointless.

#9 Firevapour

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Posted 04 May 2013 - 10:38 PM

Hi peeps. Need some advice on upgrading Compaq deskop for gaming. I know its not the bet computer for this purpose, but just want to get it performing the best that it can with a new video card & ram etc. If somebody here could check out the specs for my computer & mobo & possibly give me some links for what I need to get, it would be much appreciated. Check out this link for my computer.Cheers. http://h10025.www1.h...tle_r0002#N1145