Icedrassin Jan 14, 2018 @ 12:06pm
HELP: Looking for a good graphics card that will fit my pc.
My case is a dell optiplex 380 currently got a geforce 710 1gb please tell me if i can fit anything better in that or if i i will need a new case if so please give tips on what i should get for a new case. Thanks for anything you can do to help.
Also here are some of the games i would like to play with this graphics card:
Overwatch,
Fortnite,
Ark surival Evolved
and subnatica.
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Ralf Jan 14, 2018 @ 1:10pm 
I could put in a 1080Ti or Vega64 Liquid in a few hours. Now the questions is, can you do it too?
King_BR0K Jan 14, 2018 @ 1:13pm 
Right now sadly gt 1030 and stick to 720p
tacoshy Jan 14, 2018 @ 2:12pm 
Originally posted by Ralf:
I could put in a 1080Ti or Vega64 Liquid in a few hours. Now the questions is, can you do it too?

I'm pretty sure with all time in the world you can't do this because the case of the Optiplex 380 is a low profile one. Neither GTX 1080 Ti nor Vega 64 has a low profile version. Also if the card is higher then 3 slots you cant fit it either. Also the PSU is to weak to support such a card despite the fact of missing spare 2x 6+2 ATX connector.

last but not least despite the fact that the comment isnt helping you dont need more then 5 minutes to do this.


Well any low profile card will fit but it is not worth it. The CPU is so old and weak that a new PC would be adviced.
737382828299338 Jan 15, 2018 @ 4:13am 
Just save up and buy a new pc, no point in trying to make a junky rig flicker on with insane proformance
Ralf Jan 15, 2018 @ 4:17am 
Originally posted by tacoshy:
Originally posted by Ralf:
I could put in a 1080Ti or Vega64 Liquid in a few hours. Now the questions is, can you do it too?

I'm pretty sure with all time in the world you can't do this because the case of the Optiplex 380 is a low profile one. Neither GTX 1080 Ti nor Vega 64 has a low profile version. Also if the card is higher then 3 slots you cant fit it either. Also the PSU is to weak to support such a card despite the fact of missing spare 2x 6+2 ATX connector.

last but not least despite the fact that the comment isnt helping you dont need more then 5 minutes to do this.
Plasma cutter, Angle Grinder, Riser cable, anything is possible. You just said that it's possible to do this in 5min, so why should OP not do this?
Arya Jan 15, 2018 @ 4:19am 
Originally posted by TH3ETAWN:
Just save up and buy a new pc, no point in trying to make a junky rig flicker on with insane proformance

Right. There's no point trying to upgrade an Optiplex, especially such a low-spec Optiplex as that one. Better to scrap it and start again.

The issue here is cost-effectiveness. Fitting a new GPU into your Optiplex means changing a bunch of other components, and by the time you're done it's essentially a new PC anyway.
King_BR0K Jan 15, 2018 @ 4:51am 
You can also try geforce now game streaming
Dr.Shadowds 🐉 Jan 15, 2018 @ 5:14am 
Originally posted by AKing1:
You can also try geforce now game streaming
Lol who wants to spend $25 for only 20 hours rental service? I highly doubt OP want to be wasting $20 everytime OP wants to play a game, also the game have to be on the service, so depending what games that OP wants to play may not even be on there at all, if he looking at indie games. For real if you ever want to recommend a streaming servers, it should be PS now, not Geforce now, as for Sony they only want $100 for one year service for streaming, but he needs to be on Windows 8 / 10, in order to use the app, as well the fact that remains he can only play with people from the PS3/PS4.

https://store.playstation.com/en-ca/product/IP9101-NPIA90010_01-PSNOWSUB12MO0000

Originally posted by Wolfie:
Originally posted by TH3ETAWN:
Just save up and buy a new pc, no point in trying to make a junky rig flicker on with insane proformance

Right. There's no point trying to upgrade an Optiplex, especially such a low-spec Optiplex as that one. Better to scrap it and start again.

The issue here is cost-effectiveness. Fitting a new GPU into your Optiplex means changing a bunch of other components, and by the time you're done it's essentially a new PC anyway.
^This, you have to get a new PC sadly, because that hardware isn't going to have a good time playing Ark surival Evolved, and subnatica, because those are heavy on the hardware.

This should give OP a bit of an idea how bad his CPU is when compare to CPU's that barely meets the requirements, that are very CPU intensive, especially Ark surival Evolved.
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Pentium-G4560-vs-Intel-Core2-Duo-E7500/3892vsm987
Last edited by Dr.Shadowds 🐉; Jan 15, 2018 @ 5:19am
Arya Jan 15, 2018 @ 6:27am 
Originally posted by Dr.Shadowds 🐉:
^This, you have to get a new PC sadly, because that hardware isn't going to have a good time playing Ark surival Evolved, and subnatica, because those are heavy on the hardware.

This should give OP a bit of an idea how bad his CPU is when compare to CPU's that barely meets the requirements, that are very CPU intensive, especially Ark surival Evolved.
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Pentium-G4560-vs-Intel-Core2-Duo-E7500/3892vsm987

And those hardware problems can't be solved with upgrades. Buying a new system is literally the only option.

The main problems are the CPU, PSU and GPU. Which is a nice way of saying, the problem is literally the whole entire working system.

Upgrading the CPU isn't possible because the Motherboard is a total-loss. It's got zero upgrade potential - so to fit a better CPU you'll also need a new mainboard. And that also means new RAM, because modern-standard motherboards require DDR4 RAM and you don't have that.

You'll also need a new Graphics Card, but again there's a major problem. Your current PSU isn't capable of handling a full-spec gaming graphics card and needs to be replaced. But the Optiplex case doesn't accept standard PSUs, so you'll need a new case as well.

It really is a nightmare situation - it's like a house that's rotted at the frame. You can't renovate it, because the moment you change one major component you'll encounter problems with another. And in the case of the graphics card, you could bring the whole house down on yourself.
Last edited by Arya; Jan 15, 2018 @ 6:29am
retro_Ed Jan 15, 2018 @ 6:56am 
Originally posted by ICEDRAGON:
My case is a dell optiplex 380 currently got a geforce 710 1gb please tell me if i can fit anything better in that or if i i will need a new case if so please give tips on what i should get for a new case. Thanks for anything you can do to help.
Also here are some of the games i would like to play with this graphics card:
Overwatch,
Fortnite,
Ark surival Evolved
and subnatica.
https://www.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-GTX-1050-Ti-4GT-LP.html
This is fastest card which will fit without any hassle or upgrading anything else.
Do I recommended it for current system ?
No !
Icedrassin Jan 15, 2018 @ 11:57am 
Ok thanks for all telling me how ♥♥♥♥ my pc is and that i cant run anything. YAY

Have any of you heard of the omen accelerater will it boost my pc can you not connect it?
Last edited by rotNdude; Jan 15, 2018 @ 12:45pm
Dr.Shadowds 🐉 Jan 15, 2018 @ 12:37pm 
Originally posted by ICEDRAGON:
Ok thanks for all telling me how ♥♥♥♥ my pc is and that i cant run anything. YAY
It's better to know the truth, than giving you a run around, trying to sugar coat it.

Originally posted by ICEDRAGON:
Have any of you heard of the omen accelerater will it boost my pc can you not connect it?
There is literally nothing you can do to boost your PC, as we said you have to replace the whole system. Also omen accelerater, which is a external GPU hub, only works best for systems that has Thunderbolt port, or USB 3.1 Type C, which is important to have bandwidth or else it will bottleneck whatever GPU used in it, but I would never consider recommending one mainly because if you got yourself a Laptop with a decent CPU, and there no way you can afford doing a desktop build, but you have a GPU laying around, this can help you out for awhile, until you save up doing a desktop build, but even then you're spending more money then you should anyways, as the external GPU hubs can be expensive, which is better just to do a desktop build.

Also to be clear, that thing isn't going to do jack for you at all, which you don't have the port to start with, and your CPU is seriously under power, I left a link above showing a $80 CPU dual core, which is 3x better than what you have right now.
Last edited by Dr.Shadowds 🐉; Jan 15, 2018 @ 12:40pm
Icedrassin Jan 15, 2018 @ 12:40pm 
Thank you
King_BR0K Jan 15, 2018 @ 12:42pm 
A "fast" core 2 Quad, a ram upgrade and a gt 1030 would be the best you could do.
Estimate:$100
Dr.Shadowds 🐉 Jan 15, 2018 @ 12:45pm 
Originally posted by AKing1:
A "fast" core 2 Quad, a ram upgrade and a gt 1030 would be the best you could do.
Estimate:$100+
A.K.A. meaning search on eBay, local ads, and such for 2nd hand hardware.
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