which card to have.....

[xXINSANELOSERXx]

ok well im researching a card that i wanna get and i heard that i cant have a card greater than 256MB in my pc which has a Dell Optiplex GX260 motherboard and i wanted to know if i could use this card oh and by the way i am going to use dual monitors.

here is the 512MB one:

Amazon.com: EVGA 512-A8-N403-LR GeForce 6200 LE 512MB DDR2 AGP Graphics Card: Electronics

Or if i should get this one which is a 256MB:

Amazon.com: EVGA 256-A8-N341-LX e-GeForce 6200 256MB DDR2 AGP Graphics Card: Electronics


Thank-You

 

[Zen00]

First, what do you mean you can't have a card with more than 256MB of onboard RAM?

 

[xXINSANELOSERXx]

that the computer motherboard wont support more than 256 mb of ram on the card.

 

[Zen00]

Hrm, well then get the one with 256mb of RAM on it.

 

[xXINSANELOSERXx]

Thanks, however, i found that i have an Intel 845G Chipset. Umm... will these cards work in it?

Newegg.com - HIS H467Q1GHDAP Radeon HD 4670 1GB 128-bit DDR3 AGP 4X/8X HDCP Ready Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

or perhaps this one?:

Newegg.com - HIS H365F512ANP Radeon HD 3650 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 AGP 4X/8X HDCP Ready Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

I'm sorry, im a huge noob at this stuff.

 

[Zen00]

Here's what I want you to do. Google SIW, download that program and find out what motherboard your computer has, report it back here so I can examine it. It shouldn't make a difference what your chipset is and what card it will support, as long as you have the right BUS.

 

[DocBrown]

Here is what Zen00 wants you to run to get your system specs :

Software Info for Windows

 

[stormy13]

Better than SIW, full specs from Dell,

Documentation

AGP and PCI slots only. Main thing is which case is it, is it the mid tower or the slim?

Another very large consideration as to which card to recommend is this,

Power
DC power supply:
Wattage
small form-factor computer: 160 W
small desktop computer: 180 W
small mini-tower computer: 250 W

If at best he has the 250W PSU I wouldn't be sticking anything in there that requires a connection to the power supply, which both the 3650 and 4670 linked to do. I have an old GX280 here with the 250W PSU in it and I don't think the 14A on the 12 V rail will be enough.

 

[xXINSANELOSERXx]

Well, here are my motherboard specs:

Property Value
Manufacturer Dell Computer Corp.
Model 02X378
Serial Number ..CN1374035F04JD.

North Bridge Intel i845G Revision A1
South Bridge Intel 82801DB (ICH4) Revision A1

CPU Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
Cpu Socket Socket 478 mPGA

System Slots 4 PCI, 1 AGP

Memory Summary
Maximum Capacity 1024 MBytes
Memory Slots 2
Error Correction None

Warning! Accuracy of DMI data cannot be guaranteed

 

[stormy13]

Next question is which case and which of the power supplies is in it?

 

[xXINSANELOSERXx]

umm its the Large case like full size. and for the psu ive got 6 things running off of it

 

[Zen00]

We need to know what wattage the PSU has. Look on the side of it, there's generally a label on the PSU that says how many watts it is.

 

[stormy13]

We need to know what wattage the PSU has. Look on the side of it, there's generally a label on the PSU that says how many watts it is.

Probably has the same 250W as the GX280 I have sitting here,

 

[xXINSANELOSERXx]

Sorry, i was running late for school. It is a 250 Watt psu (that's not gonna do crap is it)

 

[ThePizzaMan]

no sorry your going to need at least a good 500 watt maybe a 450 to run anything decent

 

[xXINSANELOSERXx]

so does that mean that i cant have:

Amazon.com: EVGA 512-A8-N403-LR GeForce 6200 LE 512MB DDR2 AGP Graphics Card: Electronics

or

Amazon.com: EVGA 256-A8-N401-LR e-GeForce 6200 AGP 256 MB DDR Graphics Card: Electronics

but i am running with a GeForce FX 5200 right now and it works fine.

 

[DocBrown]

You might even be able to do the 7300 AGP

Amazon.com: 7300 gt agp: Electronics

 

[Zen00]

It's almost laughable thinking, 90nm technology when we're going on 32nm this winter.

 

[xXINSANELOSERXx]

so i can get the 7300 and it would work fine for me on a 250W psu?

 

[DocBrown]

I have the 7300 & a stock PSU, can't remember the wattage on this one ? But it has been running the 7300 & 3 hard drives for over 18 months almost 24/7 with No problems. You could always get an inexpensive higher wattage PSU on sale