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GX520, GPU upgrade
Hi I own a dell optiplex with a intel plentinum(R) 4CPU 3.40ghz with 1gb of ram but I don't seee any video card
1.) i would like to put a video card in it but I don't know what's the max watts the pci slot outputs which I need for my info I have the desktop version (I think)
2.) could you recommend me any video cards for gaming that will work in my pc?
3.)what ram can I upgrade do as I see two ddr2 slots in the pc?
4.) will these GPU work? ATI RADEON CEDar HD 5450 1gb DX11
nvidea GeForce fermi got 430 1gb dx11
nvidea GeForce 9400 GT 1gb DX10
MSI GeForce GT 710 2GD3H LP Low Profile Graphics Card - 2 GB DDR3 - 64-bit - 954 MHz
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Posted August 9th, 2018 10:00
My dell has a pci slot inside there is a thing that you put in the slot at the bottom it looks similar to a pci slot but that has a adapter thingy which has 2 PCI slots
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Posted August 10th, 2018 05:00
You are referring to a Riser card.
There are no reasonably priced 32 bit 33mhz vaccuum tube PCI video cards that are of any use. Nobody makes PCI 2.2 cards anymore. All cards are now PCI-E
Older PCI 2.0 cards are 5v only and do not work at all.
Universal PCI 2.2 card
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Posted August 13th, 2018 18:00
A better solution is to just give this system to charity an get another one. This thing would be bottlenecked if it could use a modern GPU my old 780 is not doing too well with a GTX1050ti since it will occasionally get bottlenecked on a Core2 Quad Q9650. Imagine what would happen to a Pentium 4 (*it would not live to see another day)
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Posted August 21st, 2023 22:50
actually if it is possible to update the pc gx 520.
-the maximum number of ram is 4gb, if it doesn't work for you, try 3gb
-I'm still inventing which is the best graphics card.
-the best processor for this machine is: an intel pentium 4 dual core at 2.8 gigahertz, or an intel celeron D at 2.6 gigahertz.
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Posted August 22nd, 2023 01:35
What form factor/size is your GX520 and what are some the games you want to play? Games system requirements can also be Googled.
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Posted August 9th, 2018 08:00
You cant use PCI-E video cards with a 520 because the X16 slot is removed as are 2 of the ram slots.