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Can I install Audigy 2 CA0102-ICT in a Dell Optiplex?
I have an old Dell Dimension with an Audigy 2 CA0102-ICT sound card and an ATI - Radeon Graphics Card PN109-A32100-00 which I googled to give me the name Radeon Saphire X800GT and I have recently bought an old Dell Optiplex with an i7 quad core processor which I want to fool around with really. Can I install these in the Optiplex. I was really interested in Computers a long time ago and had to take a different direction in my life so I'm trying to get back into I something I was passionate about so please forgive any dumb questions, I'm a complete beginner. Also, how would I find out about what is compatible and what's not, other than contacting a forum that is?
I plan to put in a Nvidia GTX 970, a corsair 500W ATX and a USB 3.0 PCI card at a later stage (I'd love to get it to a stage where I could use an Oculus Rift for War Thunder) but for now I just want to practice some installations and modifications. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Tesla1856
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August 16th, 2018 14:00
I say try it and learn what works. However, for most uses, on-board audio is fine and most are using USB and HDMI (on video-card itself) for audio now-days.
Reminds me of this project:
https://www.dell.com/community/Vostro/Vostro-460-XPS-8300-Upgrade-Adventures/td-p/6054983
I say keep the cheap and free machines running (even if in secondary positions). Spend your money on nice-new machines more "current-tech" upgrades.
speedstep
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August 16th, 2018 14:00
The Audigy 2 is PCI 2.0 not Universal PCI 2.2 +
So its not likely to work.
The X800 is AGP and so this is also not likely to work.
Tesla1856
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August 16th, 2018 15:00
Mine was the All-In-Wonder version of the X800. Man, the ATI driver-and-apps suite for that thing was a bear to install and get working 100% perfect, but it WAS pretty cool for the time (analog video, NTSC, and all that). It eventually died. :Crying:
And like a crazy-person, I bought a newer-model ATI card. :Smile:
But I never managed to get the Video-Toaster for my Amiga. But talk about awesome computers ahead of their time. :Cool:
Da_Vinman
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August 16th, 2018 16:00
I had one of, if not the last, ATI All in Wonder cards and I think it was based on the high-end (at the time) X1900 (I think there was an HD 3XXX version, but it was mid-range for its product line) - I loved those things as I used to game on it and also record all kinds of stuff off the TV and from other sources - this was just before iPhones took over, maybe a year before in 2006.
But man, AGP? That's old school and I don't think I ever owned an AIW from that era - the X1800XL (which died) and then the X1900 was about it.