Upgrading graphic card

[Tknight]

Hey guys,

I bought my computer from dell xps 8500 ( I know bad choice!) and now facing graphic card problem. I get alot of lag in 25man raids and frame rate drops from 60 to around 20, sometimes even lower. I am putting the specs down below and would like you guys to help me in deciding on what new graphic card to get.

I have no idea how they work but I was thinking about GTX 650 or GTX 660. If you guys dont mind, please also link the recommended graphic cards. I dont want to buy a too expensive card but a card on which I can play 25man raids on normal settings or higher.

Please also let me know if I need to upgrade my power supply (think its 460w right now).However, I would prefer not to spend extra money

XPS 8500
[225-2645]
Processors 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3770 processor (3.40 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.90 GHz)
[317-9193]
Memory 12GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600MHz - 4 DIMMs
[317-9211]
Keyboard Dell KB213 Wired Multimedia Keyboard
[331-6146]
Monitor No Monitor
[320-7810]
Video Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 640 1GB GDDR5
[320-3039]
Wireless Driver Dell SRV Software 1703
[421-7190]
Hard Drive 2TB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive 6.0 Gb/s
[342-4107]
Chassis XPS 8500, Black Chassis w/19:1 media card reader
[318-1872]
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64Bit, English
[421-5693]

[Ravijn]

The 640 really isn't a 'gaming' video card. I think a 450w PSU is the minimum requirement for a GTX 660ti.

[chazus]

A 660 would probably be your best bet, as at biggest bottleneck in raids at that point is the CPU

[Tknight]

Is the Motherboard going to be fine by using GTX 660? and 450 is the minimum requirement for it so should I change the powersupply to make it a little higher or is 460W is going to work fine?

Thanks in advance

[chazus]

I have a Geforce 460 on a 300w PSU. The 460 has a 160w max pull. The 660 has a 130w pull, so you should be fine.

[PBitt]

Go for the 660, it's not very power-comsuming and you should be just fine....not to mention it's a *great* card for a budget card, out of all the Nvidia cards on the market at least, this one gives you the biggest bang for your buck. Do *not* go for the Ti version though, yes, it's a better card but about 10-15 dollars better not the 80ish dollars that they charge for it, said extra money would be better kept in your pocket or used for a better card. Anyways, I have a 660 myself and will be putting them in SLI when my second card gets here. But even with the single card, I'm very very pleased with it considering it's a fifth the cost of the best cards out there at the moment.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814125443 Is the one I have but there are a few good options.

[Vaelanor]

Check out the 650 ti boost version. Its just about as strong as the 660 and for about 30 dollars cheaper.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130910

[Tknight]

Oh ok thank you for the reply

---------- Post added 2013-06-22 at 11:48 PM ----------

So, looking at the replies want to buy:

Geforce GTX 650 Ti Boost 2GB PCI-E w/ Dual DVI, HDMI, DP

(sorry the thread wont allow me to post link, but its from memory express)

The only thing I am concerned about is the power supply. The minimum requirement says u need 450w (and someother jargin). All I know is that my computer has 460W. Can anyone please double check that this will work?

[chazus]

Check out the 650 ti boost version. Its just about as strong as the 660 and for about 30 dollars cheaper.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130910

You mean $5 cheaper?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127699

---------- Post added 2013-06-22 at 10:56 PM ----------

The only thing I am concerned about is the power supply. The minimum requirement says u need 450w (and someother jargin). All I know is that my computer has 460W. Can anyone please double check that this will work?

I can't think of any reason it wouldn't. They set those 'requirements' ridiculously high, like three times higher, mostly as a liability.

Your system likely doesn't pull more than 150w with the 640, and probably wouldn't even break 200w with the 660.

[Deleted]

I'd go for the 650Ti BOOST as most models seem to use 1 6-pin PCIe connector. Yes, the 660 is really strong, but I think they use a 6+2pin, which the Dell PSU may not have.

[PBitt]

I'd go for the 650Ti BOOST as most models seem to use 1 6-pin PCIe connector. Yes, the 660 is really strong, but I think they use a 6+2pin, which the Dell PSU may not have.

The 660s just use a single 6 pin and that is all.