Dell Precision - 8600GT?

[DevilBoy916]

Hiya Guys

I have a Dell Precision 670 lying around that I wanna utilise as a gaming PC.
I really wanna be able to play Bioshock and Crysis when it comes out.

I'm not overly bothered about setting the graphics up full. its mostly the smoothness of the game, and as long as it doesn't look really low on detail, I'm happy.

The Dell has a Xenon 3ghz processor, 3GB of Ram.

I'm looking to get a graphics card (PCI-E) for around £150ish.

Any recommendations?

Please lemme know if theres any power issues (i.e. do I need a bigger power input than whats currently going into the graphics card?).

Cheers
DB

 

[DevilBoy916]

nobody got any advice then?

 

[Will_3rd]

for your price range either a 1950 or if you can strech an extra £30 a 8800GTS

 

[DevilBoy916]

We're talking around £190 for one of them bad boys then...

Are these the cards to get if I want to be able to play Crysis when it comes out, as well as Bioshock and STALKER etc... ?

Another question. The Dell I have has a built in PSU, which is weirdly placed at the bottom of the case. I'm not sure what power its pumping out.
It has a Nvidia card in there at the minute, not sure what it is though...

I know on the Dell site it says : support up up to 150 watts PCI-E.

 

[sunlitsix]

8800GTS for £176 from ocuk

 

[Aod]

wait till the Radeon HD2900 PRO comes out?

 

[neocon]

Hiya Guys

I have a Dell Precision 670 lying around that I wanna utilise as a gaming PC.
I really wanna be able to play Bioshock and Crysis when it comes out.

I'm not overly bothered about setting the graphics up full. its mostly the smoothness of the game, and as long as it doesn't look really low on detail, I'm happy.

The Dell has a Xenon 3ghz processor, 3GB of Ram.

I'm looking to get a graphics card (PCI-E) for around £150ish.

Any recommendations?

Please lemme know if theres any power issues (i.e. do I need a bigger power input than whats currently going into the graphics card?).

Cheers
DB

check your PSU rating

 

[neocon]

apparently its got a 650 watt power supply

might be adequet

get a 8800 gts 320 for £170-180

 

[DevilBoy916]

Thats a good card then is it?

I haven't got a clue what PSU its got! Like I said, its tucked away in the base of the case for some odd reason!

I was thinking i'd need a 512mb card to play these games, is this not the case?

Cheers for your answers so far guys, you've been brilliant!