Yes you can. Get a 16X PCI-Express video card that fits your wallet and power supply ( 305 watt on that system ) and insert it into the 16x pci-express slot and if necessary connect any required molex Y power cable.
First lets start with a video card, how much you are willing to spend and what is the card for, then we will talk about the proper install for you.....
Part of your manual linked below. Click on it and scroll down to where you see PCI-Express slot to find instructions
My curent card is Nvidia GeForce 6150L.I have Pinnacle Studio 11 Plus and I try to use proDAD vistascene filter and get message I need to up grade to 7000 or 8000 cards. I also have Pinnacle Instant DVD Recorder that will not work with current card.
You actually do not have a video card but a integrated video chip that takes or shares systems memory and that is really no good for starters leaving you with less and if you do not have enough of systems memory it will slow the computer down big time. For your system and windows xp I hope you have at least 1 GB of memory.
Your system can take a nice card but you have to tell us how much you are willing to spend on one first...
8600 GTS cards listed below for starters and again the least I would get for fair performance
Good card but your system may not have enough 4 pin power connectors coming from the power supply so the below solution will help..
Below link takes you to a site that sells a Molex power cable that will work for your system. Its a 6 pin to 4 pin connectore that eleminates the need for two 4 pin connections, only need one. The 6 pin end goes into the video card, and the other end ( 4 pin side ) goes into a free available 4 pin power input that comes from the power supply.
SR45
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July 17th, 2008 15:00
Yes you can. Get a 16X PCI-Express video card that fits your wallet and power supply ( 305 watt on that system ) and insert it into the 16x pci-express slot and if necessary connect any required molex Y power cable.
First lets start with a video card, how much you are willing to spend and what is the card for, then we will talk about the proper install for you.....
Part of your manual linked below. Click on it and scroll down to where you see PCI-Express slot to find instructions
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dime521/en/SM_EN/parts.htm#wp1486559
par4gil
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July 17th, 2008 21:00
SR45
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July 17th, 2008 22:00
You actually do not have a video card but a integrated video chip that takes or shares systems memory and that is really no good for starters leaving you with less and if you do not have enough of systems memory it will slow the computer down big time. For your system and windows xp I hope you have at least 1 GB of memory.
Your system can take a nice card but you have to tell us how much you are willing to spend on one first...
8600 GTS cards listed below for starters and again the least I would get for fair performance
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Description=8600+GTS&x=10&y=32
7xxx series below but stay away from the 7200 and 7300 cards. Too low end and some of them take some systems memory as well.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010380048+1069609641+106790717&name=GeForce+7+series
par4gil
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July 20th, 2008 12:00
SR45
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July 20th, 2008 14:00
Good card but your system may not have enough 4 pin power connectors coming from the power supply so the below solution will help..
Below link takes you to a site that sells a Molex power cable that will work for your system. Its a 6 pin to 4 pin connectore that eleminates the need for two 4 pin connections, only need one. The 6 pin end goes into the video card, and the other end ( 4 pin side ) goes into a free available 4 pin power input that comes from the power supply.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812201004
Or…..
A SATA to 4 pin adaptor to convert those unused SATA connectors on your PSU to the 4-pin Molex connector instead.
http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=20580
Newegg has them as well for the SATA converters
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812263002
par4gil
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December 28th, 2008 20:00
ATI HD 2600 PRO 512 MB PCI-Express Graphics Card.For pinnacle 11 editing.