What to buy for Dell Precision T3500?

[RadekXJ]

Hi. My current gaming PC is Dell Precision T3500 with Xeon X5675, 24GB DDR3 RAM and GTX 660 on board. I've recently started playing Witcher III and even on low details it starts lagging on some sequences. The obvious bottleneck is the GTX 660, so I'm thinking about an upgrade. I've already changed the PSU to Corsair RM850X.

I've done some research and some forums said, that those Dell motherboards have problems with AMD GPUs. So I'm thinking NVidia again. And I would like the GPU to be feasable to take to my next PC (along with the PSU). Right now I'm thinking about getting a used RTX 3060 TI (Asus DUAL RTX 3060TI 8G BMINI V2 to be exact) at about 340$. Any other suggestions?

[Blqckqut]

2 minutes ago, RadekXJ said:

Hi. My current gaming PC is Dell Precision T3500 with Xeon X5675, 24GB DDR3 RAM and GTX 660 on board. I've recently started playing Witcher III and even on low details it starts lagging on some sequences. The obvious bottleneck is the GTX 660, so I'm thinking about an upgrade. I've already changed the PSU to Corsair RM850X.

I've done some research and some forums said, that those Dell motherboards have problems with AMD GPUs. So I'm thinking NVidia again. And I would like the GPU to be feasable to take to my next PC (along with the PSU). Right now I'm thinking about getting a used RTX 3060 TI (Asus DUAL RTX 3060TI 8G BMINI V2 to be exact) at about 340$. Any other suggestions?

sounds good

[jaslion]

Keep in mind that your cpu will also hold you back a lot as its simply old and weak

 

That info is about the radeon hd 6000 series that used a weird pcie version.

 

So irrelevant atm. For 340$ new a 6700xt is best you can do used probably a rx6800 mght happen.

 

Keep in mind all cards will be very held back by your old cpu so means you can crank up the settings all the way (the ones that dont impact cpu useage)

[PDifolco]

8 minutes ago, RadekXJ said:

Hi. My current gaming PC is Dell Precision T3500 with Xeon X5675, 24GB DDR3 RAM and GTX 660 on board. I've recently started playing Witcher III and even on low details it starts lagging on some sequences. The obvious bottleneck is the GTX 660, so I'm thinking about an upgrade. I've already changed the PSU to Corsair RM850X.

I've done some research and some forums said, that those Dell motherboards have problems with AMD GPUs. So I'm thinking NVidia again. And I would like the GPU to be feasable to take to my next PC (along with the PSU). Right now I'm thinking about getting a used RTX 3060 TI (Asus DUAL RTX 3060TI 8G BMINI V2 to be exact) at about 340$. Any other suggestions?

Why would a mobo have more problems with one GPU brand or another, it doesn't even know what GPU is in ?

You could get a better AMD card for that money, or an equivalent card for less money

[jaslion]

1 minute ago, PDifolco said:

Why would a mobo have more problems with one GPU brand or another, it doesn't even know what GPU is in ?

You could get a better AMD card for that money, or an equivalent card for less money

Radeon hd 6000 series had some cards use pcie 2.1 which was an issue for older boards. Makes sense it would come up on google as that was the time of this system over a decade ago.

 

Nowadays entirely irrelevant

[RadekXJ]

Yep, I guess I found some info about HD 6000 issues with PCIE 2.1 and in my mind it transferred to all AMD cards. So you say RX 6700 XT should work just fine?

Just a disclaimer: I'm totally aware that when I change the GPU the bottlenecks will be obsolete PCIE bus, CPU and DDR3. But I plan to make a new build in a year or so, I'll just take the GPU, storage and PSU out of what I have. And this T3500 has been great value for money, given that it costed me under 150$ for the base unit, 90$ for the RAM and CPU upgrade, 45$ for GTX660 and 80$ for Corsair PSU all distributed over 6 years that I had it.

[jaslion]

1 hour ago, RadekXJ said:

Yep, I guess I found some info about HD 6000 issues with PCIE 2.1 and in my mind it transferred to all AMD cards. So you say RX 6700 XT should work just fine?

Just a disclaimer: I'm totally aware that when I change the GPU the bottlenecks will be obsolete PCIE bus, CPU and DDR3. But I plan to make a new build in a year or so, I'll just take the GPU, storage and PSU out of what I have. And this T3500 has been great value for money, given that it costed me under 150$ for the base unit, 90$ for the RAM and CPU upgrade, 45$ for GTX660 and 80$ for Corsair PSU all distributed over 6 years that I had it.

Yup 6700xt new is best you can do have a looky at the used market too prices are going low low

[steelfoxy]

I'd go with a RX 6750 XT  but it depends on the use case.

[RadekXJ]

Ok, my RX 6700 XT just arrived and I have some conclusions:

 

No way in hell any modern GPU fits into Dell T3500's chasis. At least not in a closed one.

 

I've uninstalled NVIDIA drivers. Installed AMD. And Witcher III crashed as soon as I loaded my save. Multiple times, on multiple different settings. So I've put GTX 660 back in. 

 

I'm sending the AMD card back. When I'll do my next build I'll get another one, probably for less money. My conclusion - there is no point putting any more cash in this machine.