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| Thread ID: 100066 | 2009-05-24 23:29:00 | Buying graphics cards for Optiplex GX260... heeeeelp! | NZDragon (14937) | Press F1 |
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| 776673 | 2009-05-24 23:29:00 | Hi, im all new to hardware upgrades and things, so please excuse my lack of knowledge :blush: I want to upgrade the video card for my dell optiplex gx260 (the medium-sized slim model) from the old, original, on-board card to a more powerful one . . . but im having trouble with sizes . Unfortunately, being a flat model, ive been told my pc will only accept pci cards and low profile agp cards . Ive tried looking for second hand, low-profile agp cards, but nothing came up . . . theyre apparently quite rare . So now im looking at pci cards, but now im getting all this fuss about whether i want express pci or not and im all confused :stare: im not sure what sort of pci cards my pc will accept, someone pleeeeease help?? |
NZDragon (14937) | ||
| 776674 | 2009-05-24 23:49:00 | It looks like that system supports PCI (which isnt PCI-E), and AGP. Both of these have been superseded by PCI-E (which your system doesnt support). AGP and PCI are pretty much obsolete (the cards are, AGP cards may still be around, you'll be lucky to find PCI video cards). The slots arent tho. As this system has 3 PCI slots. PCI has white slots like this (en.wikipedia.org). PCI-E looks like this (en.wikipedia.org). So, I would say, if you want to upgrade it, you'll have to 1. Replace the mobo, with one thats got PCI-E on it. 2. Replace the whole system, and buy / save up for another system, thats got PCI-E on it |
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| 776675 | 2009-05-24 23:52:00 | www.ascent.co.nz | inphinity (7274) | ||
| 776676 | 2009-05-25 00:05:00 | Oh... ok... so all I can really do is hope I can find a 4x AGP card? >.< | NZDragon (14937) | ||
| 776677 | 2009-05-25 00:09:00 | Yup, according to this (support.dell.com) the AGP card MUST be 4x and 1.5v. So if you decide to buy one, ask whoever at the shop first | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 776678 | 2009-05-25 00:12:00 | Ok i see... well i think i might have found something, i dont know... www.ascent.co.nz Its hard to tell if some cards are 4x or 8x, since most of them say 4x/8x, then say 8x further down the list, then 4x again... X_X |
NZDragon (14937) | ||
| 776679 | 2009-05-25 00:25:00 | Also, does the card have to be 4x AND say low-profile at the same time? Ive seen a few low-profile AGP cards that say 8x, but not 4x or 4x/8x (is there even a difference there? or does 4x/8x just mean compatible both ways?) :stare: like this... low profile, 8x: www.ascent.co.nz |
NZDragon (14937) | ||
| 776680 | 2009-05-25 00:28:00 | I'm just going by what the dell site says, 4x 1.5v. You could probably get an 8x AGP card, BUT it'll go down to 4x speed. ASK before you buy | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 776681 | 2009-05-25 00:30:00 | AGP4x and AGP8x use different signalling voltages, 4x is 1.5v 8x is 0.8v, so you must ensure the card is compatible. A card that is 4x/8x should be fine. An 8x only card may not be capable of supporting the different voltage. | inphinity (7274) | ||
| 776682 | 2009-05-25 00:58:00 | Thanks guys for your help :D clears things up a lot Though i cant help but toy with the idea of finding any low profile AGP card, whether 4x or not... ive heard from a few people that APG8x cards work fine for them on APG4x systems without any issues. Hmm... |
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