Graphics card

Many to select depending on how much you are willing to spend.  Some cards below are some suggestions, all of which will work with the current power supply and are much better then the X600.  From more expensive, and have more performance to slightly less expensive and performance

 

1.  8800 GT

 

2.  9600 GT

 

3.  7900 GTX

 

4.  7950 GT

 

5.  8600 GTS

 

You have some ATI cards also that you can install, but as you can see, I prefer nVidia over them.

 

1.  2600XT

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Proper way to install a video card linked below:

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=965852

Step # 1

Download the most current driver for the video card, and have it placed on the desktop for later install. Try not to use the video card driver from the CD that comes with the card, since they are somewhat out of date. You still may if you wish to.

If it’s an nVidia card, go to www.nvidia.com   ATI  www.ati.com

Advisory..

If you are going from an ATI video card to a NVIDIA or vs. versa, one should uninstall the old driver first, from Add/Remove program, than use a driver cleaner, to get all the old driver code completely off the system. Use the driver cleaner twice. If you are going from an nVidia card to another nVidia card (Same for the ATI card), you may not have to use the driver cleaner, but I do to be on the safe side, but many, including me, have not seen any issues with this procedure. Others may have.


1. Turn off the system, unplug the power cord, and push in on the systems power button for about 5 seconds to discharge the system further.

2. Remove the old card, and install the new card, firmly.

3. Now if required attach, any power cable to the card and the other end to a power input, to get the video card to work. Your systems power supply may have this extra power 4 pin or 6 pin connector, depending on the card installed.

Some retail video card manufactures include the molex Y power cable and some do not. If not, they do not cost more than a couple of bucks.

http://www.drivercleaner.net/  Driver Cleaner Pro download site.


(Now they are charging $10 for the program, where it was free before. You can try to manually clean out the old driver if you wish, but this is still a good program to have around)


Driver Cleaner 1.5 free edition linked below...

http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/Other-DRIVERS-TOOLS/Others/Driver-Cleaner-Professional-15.shtml


4. Now disable your Anti Virus software, and disconnect the modem at this time.


5. Install the newer video card driver from where you downloaded it, than if necessary, go into the Display Properties to reset the monitor resolution after it reboots. You are almost done. Now restart the Anti Virus program, and connect the modem.

Hi.. u presented very good information  for replacing  a graphics card.. can u do the same for replacing a integrated card?   i have a Dell Dimension E310 and it has an integrated intel(R) B2915G/GV/910GL/Express chipset..  Dell is sending me a RadeonX1550 256 MB PCI to replace it . that was their suggestion.  Thanks for any help

See if this helps......


How to disable your integrated video as posted by the Moderator

2200, 2300, 2350, 2400, 3000, 3100, E310, B110/1100

* Right click the My Computer icon
* Click Properties
* Click the Hardware tab and/or the Device Manager button
* Open the Display Adaptors. You should see the Intel video card
* Double click the listing for Intel whatever
* At the bottom under "Device Usage", click the down arrow and change this to "Do not use this device, disable"
* Click OK- Apply- OK
* Close all boxes when done
* Click Start- Turn Off Computer- Restart
* Press F2 at the blue Dell logo screen
* Down arrow to either:
Onboard Devices- Primary Video
Primary Video
Integrated Devices- Primary Video Controller
* Change yours to AUTO or PCI (whatever is listed)
* Press ESC several times to Exit and Save your changes
* As the system starts to restart, power the system off
* Open the case cover and add the PCI video card
* Connect the monitor to the added PCI video card
* Power on your computer
* Let the computer boot up and load the drivers off of the CD provided with the card

thank u so much for this information..

i recently INstalled a new videocard its a DIAMON Viper 1650 Pro 512mb PCI  express video card i went thru all the steps and it asked me to reboot my computer and i did but the thing is im stuck at the Dell screen i cant get to windows can anyone help? i have a XPS 400

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@Cloneshocker wrote:
i recently INstalled a new videocard its a DIAMON Viper 1650 Pro 512mb PCI  express video card i went thru all the steps and it asked me to reboot my computer and i did but the thing is im stuck at the Dell screen i cant get to windows can anyone help? i have a XPS 400

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Should post your own thread Cloneshocker for a better response.  Steps shown above is for a PCI slot basic system.  You do not have a basic system nor a pci slot for the video card, but a PCI-Express slot.  Very different.  You would not use the steps that I mentioned above at all since your system does not come with the Integrated video chip. 

 

Post your issue separately and tell us what you did to get your card to work.  Others will weigh in and assist you.  Do not do it on this thread.  It belongs to the original poster.