[Aliasif]

Im new to this forum
Guyz will msi n210 graphic card work with my gx 280

[Davros]

why would you want it to ?
edit: your title says "Dell Optilex GX 280 Graphic card"
the Dell Optilex GX 280 is not a graphics card its a p.c

the answer is yes

[Aliasif]

I said will msi n210 work with the gx280

[Malo]

Your GX280 has a PCI express 16x slot, which is good. However you may have a power supply issue. According to Nvidia, the GPU requires a 300w PSU. According to dell, depending on the actual model GX280 you have:

small form-factor computer: 160 W
small desktop computer: 210 W
desktop computer: 280 W
small mini-tower computer with processor speeds of 3.2 GHz or lower: 250 W
small mini-tower computer with processor speeds of 3.4 GHz or higher: 305 W
mini-tower computer: 305 W

[Aliasif]

Yeah 305

[Aliasif]

No no it is 250 cuz my pc is 3.2 ghz btw the card needs pci express x16 2.0 so will it work

[Davros]

the card does not need pci-e 2.0, it is pci-e 2.0. Its backwards compatible

[Aliasif]

Originally Posted by Davros

the card does not need pci-e 2.0, it is pci-e 2.0. Its backwards compatible

What do u mean by that ??

[Malo]

It means it will work in a PCI-e 1.0 slot.

[Aliasif]

Originally Posted by Malo

It means it will work in a PCI-e 1.0 slot.

Oh ok but my computer`s psu is 250W and the card needs minimum 30W so any chance that it will work

[Davros]

30w is that a typo ?
think you mean 300w
300w is a recommendation, and they usually err on the side of caution, so it may well work depends on what else is in the system(but cant guarantee ),
is your a slimline pc ?
looking at dells parts list for the gx280 they offer a 4650 so you may be better buying one of them (not from dell though)

[Malo]

Originally Posted by Aliasif

Oh ok but my computer`s psu is 250W and the card needs minimum 30W so any chance that it will work

There is a chance yes but most likely you put any stress on the GPU and things will come crashing down in a blue screen heap. You could replace the power supply as well.

[Davros]

its not a standard psu (if he has the slimline version) and dell had no 305w psu's available
p4 3.2 ghz uses a max of 82w
that leaves 168w
hdd's use about 10w
gt210 uses about 30w

he should be ok
(again no guarantees)

the 5450 uses 20w
"Footnotes: 1.As of January,2010 AMD Radeon™ HD 5450 Graphics cards are the only graphics cards under 20 Watts at full load to provide full support for DirectX® 11, AMD Eyefinity technology and AMD Stream technology"

[Aliasif]

Originally Posted by Davros

its not a standard psu (if he has the slimline version) and dell had no 305w psu's available
p4 3.2 ghz uses a max of 82w
that leaves 168w
hdd's use about 10w
gt210 uses about 30w

he should be ok
(again no guarantees)

the 5450 uses 20w
"Footnotes: 1.As of January,2010 AMD Radeon™ HD 5450 Graphics cards are the only graphics cards under 20 Watts at full load to provide full support for DirectX® 11, AMD Eyefinity technology and AMD Stream technology"

I,ve three HDD`s btw thnks alot bro for the help i,ll check it out and tell

[Blazkowicz]

graphics card vendors always advertise "cover your ass" PSU wattage numbers that have a distant relation to reality. but you could say they publish a decent safe number considering the end user may have a very power hungry pentium 3.8GHz or pentium D, a low quality PSU etc.

if safety/reliability of the hardware is a concern it's pretty easy to test, you may run OCCT. this stresses the PC and gives you temperatures and voltages graphs.
you may want to clean up CPU heatsink, change thermal paste if you get insane CPU temperatures over 80°C.

my CPU went to 104°C a hour ago then I closed that buggy chess game.
it's a common problem with the stock thermal compound on AMD CPU, after a few years of heavy use it becomes dry and is an insulator.
I've seen a couple Dell Optiplex which didn't have much of a problem with that, despite that very power hungry Pentium 4.