Upgrade Dell Dimension E521 Integrated Graphics?

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  1. ACIDMX

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    is it possible to upgrade a dell dimension e521 NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE Integrated Graphics GPU to a Nvidia 7900gt?
     
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    if you have a pcie slot, but you got to change the psu also gf7900gt needs more power.
     
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    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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    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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    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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    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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    than it is not intergrated videocard as that is built into the motherboard
     
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    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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    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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