Motherboard compatibility

[Sweeney5]

Hi. I'm looking to updgrade my graphics card, and have chosen this a " EVGA 512-P3-N954-TR GeForce 9500 GT 512MB", which I found here: Newegg.com - EVGA 512-P3-N954-TR GeForce 9500 GT 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

If it ok with this motherboard? I'm not exactly sure what info you need to decide this, so I'll just post all that CPU-Z says.

Manufactuer: Dell Inc.

Model:0N826N A02

Chipset: Intel P35/G33/G31 Rev. A2

Southbridge: Intel 82801IR (ICH9R)

LPCIO: ITE IT8718

Thanks in advance.

[KenB]

Hi and welcome to fpch

 

Details of your motherboard are listed here:

Dell Inspiron 545/8707 specifications | Expert Reviews

 

It has a PCIe (x16) slot.

The video card you are interested in is PCIe.

 

I found a couple of reviews that suggest a PSU minimum of 400Watt.

Personally I would suggest that you have PSU with a bit more output ( 500 Watt plus )

[Sweeney5]

Hmm, well I can't really afford a new PSU. So how about this

Newegg.com - XFX PVT95GZAFG GeForce 9500 GT 1GB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Video Card

I'm aware it lists the PSU in the details, however, alot of people including myself rarely find newegg accurate.

[KenB]

How many Watts is your PSU?

[mikeybumps]

its a newer dell it will run it just fine.

 

I had a dell xps 410 with 4gigs ddr2,q6600,and bfg tech gtx 260 all on stock "400watt" psu and it all ran just fine

[mikeybumps]

altho if your an avid gamer i wouldnt suggest that card? well either way if you game even slightly go for at the least a gts 450 or radeon hd 5770 both should work fine with medium to high settings on almost any game you throw at them:)