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January 27th, 2005 13:00

Dimension 8100 and Graphic card

My 8100  (1.3gh) originally came with a Nividia Geforce2 Mx400.  Can anyone reccommend a excellent replacement card for the the 8100.  I am NOT a Gamer but would like a good card for video and digital picture viewing.  I am sure the Dimension 8100 has a 250 watt power supply.

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January 27th, 2005 14:00

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Any of these AGP video cards will work:
PNY Verto GeForce FX 6800 GT
Leadtek GeForce FX 6800 GT
GeForce FX 6800
GeForce FX 6600
Radeon X800 SE
Radeon 9800 XT
GeForce FX 5950
Radeon 9800 Pro
GeForce FX 5900

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January 27th, 2005 19:00


@ron19154 wrote:
My 8100  (1.3gh) originally came with a Nividia Geforce2 Mx400.  Can anyone reccommend a excellent replacement card for the the 8100.  I am NOT a Gamer but would like a good card for video and digital picture viewing.  I am sure the Dimension 8100 has a 250 watt power supply.


If you aren't gaming, a Radeon 9600 Pro AGP would be plenty for you.  ATI has very good image quality (newer nVidia cards do too), and for the $100 they cost they can't be beat.  Way superior to marginally cheaper FX 5200 and FX 5700LE or Radeon 9200 cards, and the $200+ cards really only offer better gaming performance... they wouldn't be better for what you are doing at all.
 
A friend of mine who mainly does photo editing upgraded to one of these, and is very happy with it.  You get DVI+S-Video+VGA ports too.  They aren't bad gaming cards, either...
 
 
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