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April 20th, 2006 06:00
video upgrade
Hi all...
thinking about upgrading my video card. Have a dell 4400 w/xp home, 1 gig memory. Nvidia gforce 2 mmx 64 meg pci card.
What's the difference in a agp video card over a pci card? I have a free agp slot on the mother board. Does getting a video card with more memory speed the computer up that much more? and should I stay with pci or go agp? The more a read about this stuff the more confussed I got :)
thinking about upgrading my video card. Have a dell 4400 w/xp home, 1 gig memory. Nvidia gforce 2 mmx 64 meg pci card.
What's the difference in a agp video card over a pci card? I have a free agp slot on the mother board. Does getting a video card with more memory speed the computer up that much more? and should I stay with pci or go agp? The more a read about this stuff the more confussed I got :)
I'm not into gaming, but I do some graphic work and some desktop publishing so I guess I don't need a killer card. I looked around and saw that some cards needed to be plugged into the computers power supply. Can I add a card that needs power to a Deminsion 4400? If someone has the same computer and u did a video upgrade, which card did you get?
thanks for any suggestions you guys might have.
tom
thanks for any suggestions you guys might have.
tom
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SR45
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April 20th, 2006 08:00
For our Dim 4400 system, the best bang for the buck is the nvidia 6600 GT card, agp version. I have the Leadtek card that comes with the molex Y cable to connect from the back of the video card four pin connector and the other longer end connected to a power connector next to my cdrw drive. The third end is loose. PCI is old technology, and agp is better.
The stock 250 watt power supply will work with the video card, even though the card manufacture suggests a 300 watter. Dell underrates its power supply to be the mean average and the peak for our p/s is around 345 watts. You can buy a card from either www.newegg.com or www.zipzoomfly.com, both vendors are well known by many of us.
This what a Molex Y power cable looks like
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage.asp?image=12-189-002-04.jpg,12-189-002-03.jpg&CurImage=12-189-002-04.jpg&Description=Link%20Depot%20UV%204Pin%20Y%20Power%20Cable%20Model%20POW-UV-4PY%20-%20Retail
Or if you are not into any games, than the 6200 card that does not need a power connector attached may be more to your liking and of course does not cost all that much. The 6600 GT costs around $ 135.00 on up and the 6200 card is around $ 57.00 to $79.00
Dim 4400
2.6 Ghz 400 FSB
1 Gb 2100 DDR Memory
20 Gb hard drive 7,200
Windows XP Home - SP-2
Leadtek 6600 GT
48xCDRW
17 LCD ( 1703 FP )
250 watt power supply
Message Edited by SR45 on 04-20-200605:47 AM
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April 21st, 2006 06:00
thanks for the info, I will check it out.
tom
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April 23rd, 2006 17:00