Whats the best video card for a dell for playing alot of video games?

Nvidia with a high number and lots of onboard RAM.

ATI 4870

It all depends on your budget.
The “best” card is going to be over $400.
But cards under $100 will work just fine.

I would say a card that’s under 100 that will run my wow\ other video games just fine

Don’t listen to @TheIncomparableBenziniBrothers, bigger numbers don’t always mean a better card.

GeForce GTX 280
make sure your mainboard is compatible and that your PSU has enough output and a separate power connector for the card’s power socket.

There are a few different interfaces for video cards, PCI-Express is what most cards these days are, but if you have a computer that’s 4+ years old it may have AGP. Getting an AGP card for a PCI-Express slot would be putting a square peg in a round hole, they won’t fit and won’t work.

Do you know which of those two you have?

If you’re not sure, if you mention what model of Dell you have, I may be able to find out. Also, if you run a DirectX Diagnostic and tell me what video card you have, I may be able to find out (In windows XP, hold down your Start key and hit R, and in that new window type dxdiag. In that new window, click on the display tab, and tell me the name that shows up).

Inspiron 1520 its only about a yr- yr and a half old. says mobile intel® 965 Express Chipset Family

Buy an Nvidia one.

thanks for the advice

Just get the best available Nvidia GeForce card from Staples that will work with your system. That’s what I did, and it works out all OK.

ok thanks :-)

Idk if would know but would PNY 9400 GT 1GB PCIe graphics card graphics card work with inspiron 1520 and windows xp?

Probably not since my bf broke the news i can’t buy a card for my computer have to go threw dell

it has PCIE system in it, so just crack open the case and look for these criteria:
1. See if there is some kind of graphics card standing on its own in a slot. If youre not sure, just check on the outside frame that touches the card for the port where you plug in a monitor. If you don’t find a card, then it is integrated into the motherboard.
2. Look at the size & shape of the slot its in (or if you don’t have a specialized card installed, look at the open slots). It should be one of these. write down whichever slots you have and any more detail relevant to what i’ve just spoken about and post them back here when you’re ready to continue.

Something else you may want to know before you go and buy that new card (unless, of course, you just want a new video card anyways): You may want to try disabling all your sound drivers and trying games out this way to see if this is the problem instead. Even though I can’t find a way to have sound AND play my games reliably, at least I can still play the games. If you disable your sound drivers and the games don’t crash for a much longer period of time, then this may be your problem. To disable your sound drivers, go to the control panel, go into classic view, and double-click “Sounds And Audio Devices”. go to the hardware tab and look for a sound-driver-esque thing (it should sound cool and have long names, usually.) On my PC, things come in the order of disk drives, followed by the modifiable sound card driver thing, then other devices that are irrelevant since you cannot change their conditions easily or, i believe, at all. When you have the driver selected, click on Properties. Find the Device Usage selector, and choose “Do not use this device (disable)”. Click OK, and your sound will stop then and there. Reboot the computer and go play some Halo 3 or DiRT or Fluffy Pink Kitten Land or whatever it is you play. If you notice a significant increase in the amount of time it takes before the game or computer crashes, then you have just sourced the sound as the problem rather than the video.

thanks

Well, like I said, compare the slots in your PC to the ones in that link and tell me what you find, as well as what I asked on my… 2nd post.

The Dell “Inspiron” line is all laptops.
Replacing a laptop video card is not at all like replacing a desktop video card. As far as I know, it’s not realistic at all for someone to do (The majority of laptop parts aren’t easily changeable).

Oh dear, thanks for telling me, @Sarcasm. Nevermind all that, @tocutetolive90, youre stuck with taking it to a PC shop or sending it to Dell. All that jitter was for desktops only, and I sure hope you’re not searching frantically for those slots right now.

nah i didnt even start. thought u knew since i posted later on its a labtop

Well, wait a sec… You’re saying you play video games a lot… so why are you using a laptop?? Go get a legitimate computer instead of trying to upgrade that notebook.