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Dell XPS-410 Windows 7 upgrade

by hutchinp2010 Jan 15, 2010 3:31AM PST

I have a dell XPS-410 system with 2GB Memory and a Nvida Geforce 7300 Le Video card with 128MB on board memory currently running Windows Vista OS, and I am going to be upgrading to Windows 7.

My plans are when I upgrade to windows 7 I would like to add 4GB more of memory to give me the following memory configuration

slot 1 2 GB memory stick (new)
slot 2 existing 1 GB memory stick that is currently in the computer
slot 3 2 GB memory stick (new)
Slot 4 existing 1 GB memory stick that is currently in the computer

If I read my book on the XPS-410 right this will give me the memory with the fastest access.

This will give me a total of 6 GB which I feel will suffice for the things that I currently do on this computer.

Now at the same time I am thinking of upgrading the current video card if I can do us without it costing me an arm and a leg - I guess something that is in the neighborhood of $200 or less.

Currently I am running dual monitor setup with a 22" Dell at full HD (1920 x 1080) and connected via DVI cable and a 20" Dell running (1680 x 1050) and connected via VGA cable.

Now I would like to have something that I can connect both monitors with DVI cable and more on board video memory and any recommendations that you can give me on a video card that will allow me to do this would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

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First the RAM.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jan 15, 2010 3:42AM PST

Be sure Crucial.com lists that much ram in that machine.

Video card? Have I got a link for you. Pick from this list -> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-310-5970,2491.html

Hope that helps you along,
Bob

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Thanks

by hutchinp2010 Jan 15, 2010 4:06AM PST

Thanks for the very good information on the video cards.

Dell says the max is 1GB per slot then last week when I was talking with Dell support online on another matter they confirmed that it would handle the 2 GB per slot for a total of 8 GB - I decided to go with the additional 4 GB as I have told that you lose usage of some memory in the upper end with the 8 GB and I want something that is going to give me the ability to keep this system for another year.

Thanks for the info on the video cards as that site seems to be exactly what I need to look at and spend some time looking at - thanks again

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