I might get a 9800 GTX+ for free and I wanted to give it to my friend who has a Dell XPS 400. His dad has double pneumonia and almost died while at the hospital. His Christmas might suck since he lost a lot of money with his dad's absence and I wanted to make it a little better for him. His computer had a 6800 GT PCI-E, a Pentium D 2.8GHz, and 2GB of RAM. I do not know the power supply however, but judging from Google results it might be around 375 watts. Would this card work in his computer without any problems disregarding bottlenecks? I don't think he is in a position to care about how much his computer sucks right now and he isn't very computer oriented anyway. I am thinking about installing it for him and getting it up and running. Any feedback about this?
[QUOTE=SirKillsAlot;18842202]I might get a 9800 GTX+ for free and I wanted to give it to my friend who has a Dell XPS 400. His dad has double pneumonia and almost died while at the hospital. His Christmas might suck since he lost a lot of money with his dad's absence and I wanted to make it a little better for him. His computer had a 6800 GT PCI-E, a Pentium D 2.8GHz, and 2GB of RAM. I do not know the power supply however, but judging from Google results it might be around 375 watts. Would this card work in his computer without any problems disregarding bottlenecks? I don't think he is in a position to care about how much his computer sucks right now and he isn't very computer oriented anyway. I am thinking about installing it for him and getting it up and running. Any feedback about this?[/QUOTE]
You are a very, very, VERY nice person.
[QUOTE=SirKillsAlot;18842202]I might get a 9800 GTX+ for free and I wanted to give it to my friend who has a Dell XPS 400. His dad has double pneumonia and almost died while at the hospital. His Christmas might suck since he lost a lot of money with his dad's absence and I wanted to make it a little better for him. His computer had a 6800 GT PCI-E, a Pentium D 2.8GHz, and 2GB of RAM. I do not know the power supply however, but judging from Google results it might be around 375 watts. Would this card work in his computer without any problems disregarding bottlenecks? I don't think he is in a position to care about how much his computer sucks right now and he isn't very computer oriented anyway. I am thinking about installing it for him and getting it up and running. Any feedback about this?[/QUOTE]
It should work and that is one nice thing to do.
Are you completely sure it will work? I don't want to start opening up his computer and what not only to find out Dell made the thing in a weird fashion where the card doesn't fit/boot up/get enough power/etc.
[QUOTE=SirKillsAlot;18842546]Are you completely sure it will work? I don't want to start opening up his computer and what not only to find out Dell made the thing in a weird fashion where the card doesn't fit/boot up/get enough power/etc.[/QUOTE]
I have been looking at some pictures and I think that it has a pci express plug so it should work. It would be better if you could look in his computer but hard to surprise him when you are looking in his computer.
Yeah hehe. I wanted it sort of to be a surprise but I don't want him to find me fooling around in his computer when he gets home from work. I do remember giving him my old Audigy 2 SE card and it fit, minus a few weird plastic "support beams" that I had to remove and then reinstall because it blocked some slots. I think the case has room, but I want to be positive. Perhaps some advice from actual Dell owners will make me 100% confident it will work.
[QUOTE=SirKillsAlot;18842703]Yeah hehe. I wanted it sort of to be a surprise but I don't want him to find me fooling around in his computer when he gets home from work. I do remember giving him my old Audigy 2 SE card and it fit, minus a few weird plastic "support beams" that I had to remove and then reinstall because it blocked some slots. I think the case has room, but I want to be positive. Perhaps some advice from actual Dell owners will make me 100% confident it will work.[/QUOTE]
There are not many dell owners around these parts.
True. Maybe one that had [I]experience[/I] with a few. I believe the 9800 GTX+ has only one PCI-E power connector so that is good, but I hope the thing fits and the board doesn't have a fit due to being proprietarily made for the Dell selected cards.
[QUOTE=SirKillsAlot;18842850]True. Maybe one that had [I]experience[/I] with a few. I believe the 9800 GTX+ has only one PCI-E power connector so that is good, but I hope the thing fits and the board doesn't have a fit due to being proprietarily made for the Dell selected cards.[/QUOTE]Actually it has 2.
2 6 pin connectors...
Really? Must be thinking about the wrong card. Might need a molex converter then for it.
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I see, I was thinking about the newer version that was shorter and had one connector. Either way, the one I am getting I believe is the older one that required 2 PCI-E so I will still need a 6 pin to molex converter.
you're thinking of the GTS 250
Probably. Either way I have no say here since I am getting it for free. Hope it works out. I ran a 7800 GTX perfectly fine on Dell's 250 watt way back when. This persuaded me that their PSU's were some tough shit. I don't think it should be an issue here, especially with the GTX+ die shrink.
Go for it. I have an Inspiron 537 I got since it was only ~400 bucks and it has plenty room, not fully sure about the XPS series though.
I owned an old Dell xps 400 before i bought my new computer and i upgraded it with a 9800 GT. The power supply was 375 watts an comes with 6-pin pci connector. I do remember me having to upgrade the power supply, can't remember what reason for though.
[QUOTE=Guided;18843870]I owned an old Dell xps 400 before i bought my new computer and i upgraded it with a 9800 GT. The power supply was 375 watts an comes with 6-pin pci connector. I do remember me having to upgrade the power supply, can't remember what reason for though.[/QUOTE]
It might be to use CD drives
Shitty no name PSU didn't have enough power to power a DVD drive, a graphics card, and a CD drive.
God Bless You
Pentium D will bottleneck the 9800gtx a bit.
I've got a 9800 gtx + in my pc and it's a fairly good card, it should work in your friend's computer. Also you're a good person.
Now he can play shattered horizon!
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I got the video card. Hope it works. Thanks for the help guys.
Hope it all works out good luck
a friend of mine has a similar PC (I think it's an HP) and he upgraded to a ATI 4850 and it's fine and we didn't notice any bottle-necking really.
He has Pentium D 2.8ghz and 4gb or DDR2. BUT he did have to upgrade the PSU to a 550watt.
and what you're are doing is proof there is still some good in humanity.
This thread touched me.
I bought a 5870 for my dell xps, we just have to hold hands together and hope that the PSU doesn't blow :glomp:
You're a good kid.
You should ask Dell. They'll be able to tell you the exact specs, or at least direct you to the spec sheet.
[QUOTE=ferrus;18897080]You should ask Dell. They'll be able to tell you the exact specs, or at least direct you to the spec sheet.[/QUOTE]
My PSU is a 750W "Chinocy" :smug:
I installed it last night and it only took a few minutes. It worked out pretty well. I only tested L4D and he got 40-50 FPS average on the maximum settings so there is still a bottleneck but it is a lot better than what he had with the 6800.
Thanks for the help guys.
Your a good person. I am happy it worked out for you also.
SirKillsAlot, you're going to heaven when you die.
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