DIMENSION 2400 Video question

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by musicjunkieg, Jan 4, 2006.

  1. musicjunkieg

    musicjunkieg Private E-2

    So-

    I need to upgrade my dimension 2400 video capabilities. Sadly, the dimension has integrated video with NO AGP slot. Someone has recommended a PCI card (not PCIexpress) I understand. My question is, would it make more sense just to upgrade the motherboard to one that has AGP or PCIe? If so, suggestions of a MOBO based on the fact that i have a 2.66 GHz P4 and a dimension case?

    Thanks so much!!!


    Bryan
     
  2. nickwsu

    nickwsu Private First Class

    I guess it would depend on how much you wanted to upgrade it. There are okay PCI cards out there, but not many.

    I was in the same boat as you with the integrated video and no AGP slot. I had it upgraded for awhile with a ATI 9200SE 128mb PCI card that worked decently for awhile, but after I needed a new one, I found that there really is not much room to upgrade from there as far as PCI cards go, so I had to build a new comp.

    It sounds like a matter of finding a motherboard that is compatible with your processor, but I as I remember the Dimension 2400 cases are very small, I'm not sure, but you might have a space issue there. I think its stupid that Dell has so much proprietary equipment that you cant upgrade.

    Anyways, I'm sure that PCI card I mentioned is not too expensive nowadays, however, to future-proof yourself a bit with gaming I would upgrade to a PCI-e mobo. IIRC no PCI video cards are currently capable of running Battlefield 2
     
  3. thesmokingun

    thesmokingun MajorGeek

    heres probably your best choice on pci vid cards:
    http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=4610881/sort_type=bottomline

    but i don't think there will be much use for it on better games. if you do think of upgrading your motherboard as well, you should come up with a price and shop around for mobo/cpu combos to get a good deal, and just dump your current setup. no reason to spend a few bucks when for a little more, you could have a better setup.
     

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