Inspiron 620

I'm in need of some advice for a graphics card right now it has the old intel hd 200 Its not the slim tower and i do like to play some games not on ultra but payable and not clipping.

thanks for any and all help

 

As is typical with Dell, finding specific system specs for your computer is pretty much impossible. I have no doubts they do that just to force their customers to Dell support for any help or information about upgrades. Pretty sure they also do this to block non-customer (like "unofficial" tech support like forum helpers!) from learning about their products.

Do note there are more than one versions of the Inspiron 620. I found one version with an Intel Core i5 CPU and 8GB of RAM, and another version with an Intel Core i3 and 4GB of RAM. There may be other versions.

If you go here and enter your Dell Service Tag number, you should [hopefully] get more information about your specific model and upgrade options.

Dell does make some reliable computers, but they typically have few upgrade options, and some times use proprietary parts which are more expensive and which forces users to again, go to Dell.

It does look like your motherboard has one PCIe slot so that does give you many options. HOWEVER, I cannot find the specs for your power supply. Graphics cards are often the most power hungry components in our computers, even more so than many CPUs. And sadly, many factory made computers come with power supplies that are barely adequate to support the hardware they came with. So needing to upgrade the power supply to support a new graphics card is common.

In addition to not knowing the power capability of that power supply, I cannot determine if it is a standard ATX supply, or one of Dell's proprietary supplies.

In any case, BEFORE you install any graphics card, you need to determine if your current power supply can support it. If not, you need to upgrade your supply.

You also need to set your budget.

You should also look at your current RAM. Depending on how much RAM is installed now, upgrading RAM often gives the most bang for your money and may be easier than upgrading your graphics. If you have 4GB installed, I would upgrade to 8GB. If you already have 8GB, then upgrading RAM probably would not be worth it. Sorry.

Hopefully, someone with that computer will come by with some better advice.

 

thanks for getting back to me Digerati maybe this will help light the way and i have the i5 with 8 gigs of ram i dont know what power supply is in it
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2310 CPU @ 2.90GHz (2893.43 MHz)
Memory: 8105 MB
OS Version: Microsoft Windows 8 64-bit (Build 9200)
Graphics Card Vendor: Intel
Graphics Card: Intel(R) HD Graphics 2000

Windows Graphics Driver Version: 9.17.10.4459
OpenGL Version: 3.1.0 - Build 9.17.10.4459

 

That's all fine but without knowing how big that PSU is, I could not tell you if it can support a graphics card.