[Jay794]

I've got a HP Pavilion 6127 Desktop PC with an ATI Radeon HD 4350 graphics card, and I'm looking to upgrade, I've got my eye on an ATI Radeon HD 5970, but I don't know if it will fit in my tower, any advice or recommendations?

[rrfranczak3]

specs:

• PCI Express® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard
• 650 Watt or greater power supply one 75W 6-pin and one 150W 8-pin PCI Express® power connectors recommended (850 Watt with two 75W 6-pin and two 150W 8-pin connectors for ATI CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode)
• Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to AMD Certified Power Supplies for a list of certified products
• Minimum 1GB of system memory
• Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
• DVD playback requires DVD drive
• Blu-ray™ playback requires Blu-ray drive
• For an ATI CrossFireX™ system, a second ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 graphics card, an ATI CrossFireX Ready motherboard and one ATI CrossFireX Bridge Interconnect cable per graphics card (included) are required

you do know that card starts at around $500 at the cheapest..it should physically fit but check the above specs to see if your machine meets the other specs like an 850watt power supply, thats a lot of wattage, and check to make sure your motherboard will handle an 850watt power supply without frying it

[Jay794]

Definitely got some of that stuff, my PC has the following:

4GB RAM
Blu-Ray Drive

No idea about the following:

• PCI Express® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard
• 650 Watt or greater power supply one 75W 6-pin and one 150W 8-pin PCI Express® power connectors recommended (850 Watt with two 75W 6-pin and two 150W 8-pin connectors for ATI CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode)

[reflex]

Even if the card fits, I really doubt your power supply has the connectors or juice to drive such a beast. But you could pop the side off the computer and see what's there.

[rrfranczak3]

I think that video card might be ok for someone who is building a system from scratch, but I would never put a $500-$600 video card in to some emachines or dell or even an HP that I bought off the shelf for a few hundred bucks, they will never handle it and I guarantee it will not have no 850watt power supply in it most of them are around 450watt or so, in my opinion and thats all it is... is my opinion... I would forget about that card..

PS. Not to mention the fact that this is a Dell MINI forum......not a PC forum and this entire thread has NOTHING to do with a Mini and he doesnt even have a Dell PC its an HP to boot

I am closing this thread......