never mind the Dell recommendation which is usually the slowest card.  The new VT R7 240 in your link uses short bracket but 3847 (minitower) requires full height bracket.    Also if you want R7 240 look for GDDR5 version, not ddr3 (older and slower). [URL] Re: 2014 Inspiron 3847 i3-4130  3.4ghz the i3 (2 core) is not very good for gaming.  consider upgrade to i5 or i7 4th gen (4 core).   here is comparison of i3 vs i5 using same R7 250 for low setting gaming. the i5/7 are modestly better at 1080p.  The R7 250 is just a weak gpu (but it is 50% faster than 240).  so R7 240 gaming performance is quite poor. [URL] [URL]
Hello. I have a 2014 Inspiron 3847 i3-4130  3.4ghz  8gb ram  with 4400 onboard graphics running Win 7 and am looking to install a graphics card. Have read many posts and recommendations on different boards. Narrowed it down to 2 and am wondering which would be better or faster.  Vision Tech Radeon R7 240  2gb ddr3   or  5540  2gb ddr3 ? Thanx for any suggestions Tom
Inspiron 3847 GPU upgrade question