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So my mother has a dell XPS 410 with a E6600 (Best dual-core) and when it's passed down to me and should I decide I wish to keep it, what's the best gpu to pair with the next best thing, the Q6600 (best quad-core available)? I don't mind bottlenecking something a little even if it'll give me 10-20 more frames. (At this point I'm not asking for bang-for-the-buck, I'm just asking for the best possible gpu for this thing)

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What's your budget? I'd probably go with a GTX 750ti / GTX 950. I have a Q6600 and I run it a GT 640 but I can grab my 750ti from my brothers rig and benchmark that for you.

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So my mother has a dell XPS 410 with a E6600 (Best dual-core) and when it's passed down to me and should I decide I wish to keep it, what's the best gpu to pair with the next best thing, the Q6600 (best quad-core available)? I don't mind bottlenecking something a little even if it'll give me 10-20 more frames. (At this point I'm not asking for bang-for-the-buck, I'm just asking for the best possible gpu for this thing)

Q6600 requires a pretty beefy VRM/motherboard; its a 120w chip if I remember correctly.  If your board supports 45nm, get a Q8200 or something, much more power-effiecinet. (I doubt the XPS can handle chips with that power draw)  Best C2Q available was a QX9770, not the Q6600 FYI

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Q6600 requires a pretty beefy VRM/motherboard; its a 120w chip if I remember correctly.  If your board supports 45nm, get a Q8200 or something, much more power-effiecinet. (I sought the XPS can handle chips with that power draw)  Best C2Q available was a QX9770, not the Q6600 FYI

I might have to upgrade the psu; but yea. It's a dell. From the 00's. BTX motherboard my ass -_-

I have to get a seperate psu as well if I keep it

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GT 640 sounds good, you do some light gaming on it?

I would never ever ever recommend any nvidia card below the -50 moniker. Terribly cost inefficient. a 950 would be the cheapest gpu I would recommend unless your psu won't take it inwhich case a 750ti.

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I might have to upgrade the psu; but yea. It's a dell. From the 00's. BTX motherboard my ass -_-

I have to get a seperate psu as well if I keep it

PSU won't necessarily be the issue; I'd be more concerned about the VRM's on XPS motherboard

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GT 640 sounds good, you do some light gaming on it?

Yeah, it's actually my girlfriends rig- we play Garrys Mod, LFD2, CS:GO, BF3, and some other titles and the 640 runs them all pretty well. It maxes out an Source based game at 1080p with 60+FPS and BF3 and other titles run at medium-high settings at 1080p to achieve 60FPS.

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I would never ever ever recommend any nvidia card below the -50 moniker. Terribly cost inefficient. a 950 would be the cheapest gpu I would recommend unless your psu won't take it inwhich case a 750ti.

Got the GT 640 for 20$ off a friend, and I wouldn't really recommend it either but if you could get one used on Ebay for like 40-50$ and your on a tight budget I say it's a good deal.

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Yeah, it's actually my girlfriends rig- we play Garrys Mod, LFD2, CS:GO, BF3, and some other titles and the 640 runs them all pretty well. It maxes out an Source based game at 1080p with 60+FPS and BF3 and other titles run at medium-high settings at 1080p to achieve 60FPS.

That's pretty good. From personal experience how would you match it up with that 750ti (I'm assuming you've used it before...?)

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That's pretty good. From personal experience how would you match it up with that 750ti (I'm assuming you've used it before...?)

GTX 750Ti used to be my main GPU until I upgraded to a GTX 960 and the 750ti is much faster than the GT 640, with medium/low settings in BF3 the GT 640 gets about 50-60FPS where the GTX750Ti could maintain a steady 60FPS at medium/high settings. The GT 640 is great for really basic games like CS:GO, LOL, and DOTA but when you get into AAA titles it starts to show where it belongs. 

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GTX 750Ti used to be my main GPU until I upgraded to a GTX 960 and the 750ti is much faster than the GT 640, with medium/low settings in BF3 the GT 640 gets about 50-60FPS where the GTX750Ti could maintain a steady 60FPS at medium/high settings. The GT 640 is great for really basic games like CS:GO, LOL, and DOTA but when you get into AAA titles it starts to show where it belongs. 

Gotcha. 750ti and a new psu it is then lol

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Gotcha. 750ti and a new psu it is then lol

I'd go with a EVGA GTX 750ti, preferably one with no PCI-E 6 Pin connector, and the EVGA 430W PSU. :)

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So my mother has a dell XPS 410 with a E6600 (Best dual-core) and when it's passed down to me and should I decide I wish to keep it, what's the best gpu to pair with the next best thing, the Q6600 (best quad-core available)? I don't mind bottlenecking something a little even if it'll give me 10-20 more frames. (At this point I'm not asking for bang-for-the-buck, I'm just asking for the best possible gpu for this thing)

for that "old" motherboard, the Q6600 (if the motherboard "can" run it) will be a great buy

 

GT 640 sounds good, you do some light gaming on it?

nop, if you have 4 cores you may go for a R9 friend

 

I might have to upgrade the psu; but yea. It's a dell. From the 00's. BTX motherboard my ass -_-

I have to get a seperate psu as well if I keep it

yea, i like the 650w psu (for run any card)

 

That's pretty good. From personal experience how would you match it up with that 750ti (I'm assuming you've used it before...?)

750 ti (or the 750) is a great choice "in your case" friend
 
750 don't need a "good" psu
 
so you may try run it with the one you have

 

Gotcha. 750ti and a new psu it is then lol

you also don't need a new cpu for that low gpu

 

i say... keep the dual core (and the psu) and go for the 750

 

Is the PSU btx form tho DX

 

other option is also "sell the PC" and but a full new A10 PC  ^_^

APU = A10

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