ratchet Posted October 29, 2007 CID Share Posted October 29, 2007 Almost 60 yr old here. Need you smart youngons for advice! lol Thank You, ratchet! Main Circuit Board Board Board: Dell Computer Corp. 0G1548 A00 Serial Number: ..CN7082144SG0J4. Bus Clock: 533 megahertz BIOS: Dell Computer Corporation A05 12/02/2003 From what I gather my board may not accept PCI Ex and this is just PCI so it might work. http://www.freeafterrebate.info/deal/3d-fuzion-geforce-mx-4000-pci-graphics-card-with-128mb-ddr-memory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cappy Posted October 29, 2007 CID Share Posted October 29, 2007 Ill say it now, MX cards were crap. What do you need it for, are you using onboard video now? Do you know if your card has AGP, since if it doesnt have a PCI-e slot, theres a high chance it would. What model is the computer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratchet Posted October 29, 2007 Author CID Share Posted October 29, 2007 It's a Dimension 2400. I have 1G of RAM and: 2.80 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4 8 kilobyte primary memory cache 512 kilobyte secondary memory cache The graphics is just built in to the Intel chip. Since this upgrade would be free and I don't intend on getting a new pc for a while it seems like it would be a good move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted October 29, 2007 CID Share Posted October 29, 2007 I didn't see a AGP slot. http://www.cwc-group.com/dedi24mopn41.html Scroll down the page on this one: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim2400/en/sm_en/techov.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratchet Posted October 29, 2007 Author CID Share Posted October 29, 2007 Thank you, looks like it would fit! Next question is, assuming I don't screw something up, since this upgrade is essentially free, should I do it? I have no great graphics plans like installing vista or anything, I'm just thinking it would be fun to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted October 29, 2007 CID Share Posted October 29, 2007 If its free why not. If you don't like it you can always take it out! We are talking about the PCI card right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted October 29, 2007 CID Share Posted October 29, 2007 Thank you, looks like it would fit! Next question is, assuming I don't screw something up, since this upgrade is essentially free, should I do it? I have no great graphics plans like installing vista or anything, I'm just thinking it would be fun to do. yeah, as a freebie give it a whirl , and you may be able to disable the intergrated graphics in the Bios and free up some memory , it was a good card in it's day , anyway you have no AGP or Pci-E slot on that board , so it is a good option , especially for free , I would buy 2 at that price , (free) just my opinion , and the usuall disclaimer etc , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratchet Posted October 29, 2007 Author CID Share Posted October 29, 2007 Once again, thank you for the replies. Also, Roco are you saying two would/could improve performance over one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted October 29, 2007 CID Share Posted October 29, 2007 Once again, thank you for the replies. Also, Roco are you saying two would/could improve performance over one? Oh, sorry I should have explained more , you could use 2 with 2 monitors , but what I meant to say was , if they were free I would buy ? 2 , and keep one as a spare, or for a second computer , as I got lots of earlier computers given to me ,and those Pci cards have got to be better than integrated graphics built into the motherboard , as they rob memory from the computer , but I see in your case you have 1Gb of ram , so not a problem on that for you , I would expect to see better quality output from the Pci graphics card and may be a slight improvement in performance , it the card was costing money I would sugest leaving things be , but for free ? go for it if you do go this route ratchet , post back and let us know the results ? , even at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratchet Posted October 29, 2007 Author CID Share Posted October 29, 2007 Oh, sorry I should have explained more , you could use 2 with 2 monitors , but what I meant to say was , if they were free I would buy ? 2 , and keep one as a spare, or for a second computer , as I got lots of earlier computers given to me ,and those Pci cards have got to be better than integrated graphics built into the motherboard , as they rob memory from the computer , but I see in your case you have 1GB of ram , so not a problem on that for you , I would expect to see better quality output from the Pci graphics card and may be a slight improvement in performance , it the card was costing money I would sugest leaving things be , but for free ? go for it if you do go this route ratchet , post back and let us know the results ? , even at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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