Buying graphics card

[Draker]

Hi guys, I have to buy a new card and not sure which one to get. I play mostly survivor games and building games. I have a GeForce 730 and it's very slow. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Dell XPS I7 6000 @3.40ghz 8g Ram

[cinedine]

Uhm ... XPS are notebooks if I am not mistaken. You can't change the graphics card on them.

[Snapjak]

XPS is the line of "higher' performance desktop/laptops but not quite Aliendell level.

OP, is that a laptop or a desktop. If it's a laptop then you're stuck with that 730 though for some reason I doubt it is.

[Mad Scientist]

Well, depending on the machine model - it can have a decent number of compatibility issues / need for alterations of the BIOS to utilize newer hardware than the generation that model is, so knowing the exact model would be helpful and more specific games would be recommended so we know what to tell you as to not give you something too weak or too strong.

If you have any intention on playing RUST, you need 16GBs of RAM.

[Gambit-3k]

You might want to hold out for a little while longer if you can since Nvidia is announcing their new GPU's in about 21 days, that should cause current models to lower in price.

[Draker]

Hi guys, it's a desktop.

[Draker]

I might play RUST, so I might need to upgrade the ram also. Might as well. I bought this XPS a few years back to be able to play games, now I am finding that it's just not strong enough.

[Draker]

Gambit-3 I can hold out. If something newer/better is coming down the pike, it's worth the wait. What would you suggest?

[cinedine]

引用自 Draker：

Hi guys, it's a desktop.

Well then, get a modern card Nvidia 10x0 or if you have the budget (WAIT as Gambit-3 said, prices are about to drop) a 20x0.

The last two number are the important ones, Nvidia and AMD.
20-50 are not gaming cards but meant for office and light visuals.
60-70 is the middle range. If you have a recent generation card that's usually enough if you don't want to play the newest games on highest fidelity settings. It's often a good compromise of money to power.
80-90 is the high-end segment. That are the powerhouses of the generation. If you absolutely need to play in 4k with 120 FPS and full settings, you will probably need one of them. But they are also priced a premium. Older generations can again be a good compromise of power and money.

[Cave Yeti Supreme]

I wouldn't put a very high TBP card into a prebuilt without vetting the PSU first; does it even have additional PCIe power connectors? If not, you're going to be limited to all of three or four options on the market which will function off the 75W max power draw through the PCIe slot.

After that, does the PSU even have the capacity for an additional 75W? Dell (like most/all OEM's) is notorious for cheaping out on the quality and capacity of the power supplies in their systems.

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[Draker]

Will I throw a wrench in things if I want to start playing games with VR or 3D? On a slow game I posted on steam, a guy suggested that I run Benchmark report for my computer, so I did. Here is what came out:

Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.

With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.

5.56% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.

The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.

OS Version Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy.

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System Dell XPS 8900 (all builds)
Motherboard Dell 0XJ8C4
Memory 1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS Windows 10
BIOS Date 20191122
Uptime 5.9 Days
Run Date Aug 13 '20 at 23:24
Run Duration 108 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 11%

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引用自 Draker：

Hi guys, I have to buy a new card and not sure which one to get. I play mostly survivor games and building games. I have a GeForce 730 and it's very slow. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Dell XPS I7 6000 @3.40ghz 8g Ram

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[ICE]

Like Gambit-3 said. Hold off until new releases and see if you can afford a 2070 minimum or go for the 2080Ti. Happy Hunting

[Draker]

Thanks! Appreciate all the help.

[Nabster]

You need to find out what your PSU is and whether it is enough for a new higher power GPU. Then choose either a gpu that can be powered by your existing PSU (I am going to assume your existing PSU is not very powerful, so the max you can go is probably NVIDIA 1650s, or go all out and get the GPU and replace the PSU with something decent.

If you replace the PSU, just check if your case takes standard ATX PSU. The case should be checked and see if it is large enough to take a larger GPU as well.