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ACIDMX
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_ 		3. November 2006 @ 21:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
is it possible to upgrade a dell dimension e521 NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE Integrated Graphics GPU to a Nvidia 7900gt?
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gtjr_ph
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_ 		4. November 2006 @ 03:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
if you have a pcie slot, but you got to change the psu also gf7900gt needs more power.
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ddp
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_ 		4. November 2006 @ 09:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ACIDMX, reduce your sig to forum spec of 50k & 500x200 ASAP. what does the motherboard have for slots as in pci, agp or pci-e?
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ACIDMX
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_ 		4. November 2006 @ 12:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I did not purchase the PC yet so i dont know about the pci-e slots. But you can upgrade the integrated card to the 256MB NVIDIA Geforce 7300LE TurboCache for $50 and then just change that to a 7900gt right? Is it hard to change the psu in a dell?

heres the specs:

AMD Athlon? 64 X2 Dual-Core 5000+
Genuine Windows® XP Media Center,CD and Single TV tuner,Remote
1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz- 2DIMMs
250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache
16x DVD+/-RW Drive
256MB NVIDIA Geforce 7300LE TurboCache
Sound Blaster® X-Fi? XtremeMusic
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ddp
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_ 		4. November 2006 @ 14:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
how can you upgrade an intergrated videocard except by assigning more main ram to it? you sig is still too wide, try 350x76.
2. An image-only signature should be less than 50kb in size, and be at most 500 pixels wide and 200 pixels tall.
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ACIDMX
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_ 		4. November 2006 @ 16:11 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
no u can upgrade it buy choosing a different video card (PCI-e). and when you get it buy a different card and upgrade that one
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ddp
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_ 		4. November 2006 @ 17:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
than it is not intergrated videocard as that is built into the motherboard
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paiger651
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_ 		4. November 2006 @ 22:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
ACIDMX, NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE Integrated Graphics GPU comes standard with the Dell dimension E521.Dell does offer optional upgraded video cards but if your going to add 7900gt save the $50.
Just order it without updgrading the video options. You can easily upgrade the card yourself with better cards than Dell offers. The E521 does have pci-e slot.

Also regarding power supply the E521 has a 305 watt power supply. Dell has rated their power supplies using the mean or average,peak is much higher.The power supply shouldn't be an issue.
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tzanaglio
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_ 		9. April 2007 @ 13:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I was thinking about buying a dell E521. Is this one of the fastest cards you can get for this system, and can I use it without changing the power supply? I want to get a good video card for it but I noticed on some sites that getting a better video card in some cases requires more power, thus changing out the power supply, which I know nothing about and don't want to atempt. I want to get the most powerful video card for the Dimension E521 that's plug and play.
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