Over the summer my neighbor asked if I could look into fixing their computer because it "suddenly stopped working." Turns out, all she needs is a graphics card but the thing is I am almost clueless about replacing hardware on a computer. It's a refurbished Dell Inspiron 530 Tower, Vista 64 bit. I believe, if memory serves from what another friend told me, the card I need will have to be 124 pin count. I saw somewhere in the forums from google, someone was also looking to replace their graphics card for their Inspiron 530 tower - and someone posted a link from Dell for the card they needed, but that card is no longer in stock. It sounded like based on what I saw in the conversation that you could get this card for under $50 (I have no idea what a good price is for parts - I'm more of the person you come to if you need some help with viruses and speeding up your computer). Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Below are the Dell validated PCIe x16 video cards and their Dell part number using our 250w power supply =
F342F ATI Radeon HD3450 ML112, 256MB, DVI/HDMI
F343F ATI Radeon HD3450 ML112, 256MB, Low Profile, DVI/HDMI
XX355 ATI Radeon HD2400 XT OPGA5, 256MB, Low Profile, DMS-59/TV Out
XX347, YP477 ATI Radeon HD2400 Pro OUGA5, 256MB, Low Profile, DVI-I/TV Out
KT154 ATI Radeon X1300 Pro OPGA4, 256MB, Low Profile, DMS-59
JW592, DR280 ATI Radeon X1300 OUGA4, 128MB, Low Profile, DVI/TV Out
YU284 Nvidia Geforce 8300 MRMGA11B, 128MB, Low Profile, DVI/VGA