The one user of Dell Studio XPS 435MT currently has the ATI Radeon HD
3450 as the video card. When playing games such as Far Cry 2, he’s
requiring to set the XPS 435MT resolution on low in order to play the
game well with the exception of two feature settings that increase to
medium. At this rate, the fps ranges from 17 through 30, but averages
22-24 fps.
Actually Dell Studio XPS 435MT comes with strong video card
performance. The settings available are Low, Medium, High, Very high,
Ultra High. But as the user wants to play the games at the high
setting on all options might upgrade the Studio XPS 435MT graphics
card he currently has of ATI Radeon HD 3450 to the ATI Radeon HD 4670
can be a good choice. You can also use 4850 but it’s significantly
more expensive. The HD 4670 is a budget card but better than HD 3450.
However the maximum settings you can get on Studio XPS 435MT depend on
the output resolution. Max settings at 800 x 600 or 1024 x 768 is not
at all the same as max settings at 1600 x 1200 or 2048 x 1536. And
also, if you want max settings at a very high resolution you need DUAL
GPU or QUAD GPU and a 1000 watt power supply.