Friday, April 27, 2012

Video Card Compatibility?

Would a Dell Dimension 4600C be compatible with Sapphire Radeon HD 3870? I'm not sure what mobo is in there but the tower looks like this: http://www.hardwarecentral.com/graphics/screenshots/1058554933160slim302.jpg|||Hi,



The dimension 4600 C has a AGP 8x slot and PCI slots in it. Since its a slim tower you can only put low profile cards in it. The card that you mentioned I don't think will fit your computer.



Please click on link below to find the AGP cards that you can install in your system:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLis…



The best among them was HD 3450 for $44.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…



You can also go for PCI cards if you have a slot empty in your tower:



Here are the list of PCI cards that I found could be installed in your system:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLis…



If you have a PCI slot empty and a budget of $60-100 than please go for PCI cards as it will give you more options and performance.|||I need to point out that ЯõČҝỵ†ŗυÊĽÿяóЖ gave you the specification for the Dimension 4600 MID-TOWER case, not the Dimension 4600C slim-line case. The cards he lists will not work with the 160 power supply in the slim-line case. They will all fit, like I said. They just won't power up. Be careful!!

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|||The HD 3870 will not work in your Dell Dimension 4600C. I'm afraid it is too tall for your slim-tower case.

Looking over the specifications of the Dell Dimension 4600C, I noticed the power supply has only 160 Watts*. As far as I know, there are no modern graphics cards that will work with a power supply that has so few Watts.

If you are going to go shopping for a graphics upgrade for your system (which is a very good idea) please keep the minimum power supply requirement of the card in mind. Even a decent card like the HD 3450 needs a 300 Watt power supply.

I wish I had better news. Sorry.

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