upgrading my optiplex gx270 hardware

Question

i have a dell optiplex g x 270 and i want to upgrade it to operate with windows 10 and it has intel pentium 4 (2.80 g h z) c p u and its good to operate windows 10 but i want upgrade (g p u) to be direct X 9 and upgrade rams to be 1 g or more. can i do this..

redxps630 · Accepted Answer

Yes to gpu and ram. Very old model. I would not invest in it except for retro tinker hobby.

example: Matrox PH-A8X128F Parhelia 128MB Graphic Card, AGP 8x card Microsoft DirectX 9 support,

Memory
Type 333- and 400-MHz DDR SDRAM
Memory connectors

small form-factor computer: 2

small desktop computer: 4
small mini-tower computer: 4
Memory capacities 128-MB, 256-MB, 512-MB, or 1-GB non-ECC
Minimum memory 128 MB
Maximum memory

small form-factor computer: 2 GB

small desktop computer: 4 GB
small mini-tower computer: 4 GB

https://dl.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_optiplex_desktop/optiplex-gx270_user's%20guide_en-us.pdf#page171

redxps630 · Accepted Answer

Gigabyte ATI Radeon 9550 128MB DDR Video Card GPU GV-R955128D with WARRANTY 818313100450 | eBay

DirectX9.0 (9_0)

ATI Radeon 9550 Specs | TechPowerUp GPU Database

2 X 1GB 2GB Kit PC3200 High Density DDR400 Mhz 184pin Desktop

speedstep · Accepted Answer

@redxps630  GX270 is not likely working due to cpu not supporting NX, LAHF SAHF, CMPXCHG16. Not aware of ANY socket 478 cpus that meet the minimum requirements. userbenchmark gx270 26626735 So neither WINDOWS 8.1 or Windows 10 will work regardless of what GPU you have.  This is also why you will not find GX270 listed on userbenchmark running WINDOWS 8.1 or 10.  Windows 8.1 10 requires Data Execution Prevention (DEP), a feature of CPUs and motherboards that helps prevent malware or poorly designed applications from running program code out of parts of memory specifically allocated for data. The motherboard BIOS, in particular, must offer a DEP setting, which has to be enabled. AKA NX GPU is optional but NX and the other instructions are NOT optional. Systems with CPU before 2006 are very unlikely to EVER be able to install let alone run WIN 8.1 or 10. Oldest known working units that I have are Optiplex GX620 models with Pentium D 915 to 960 and the max 3.25 gigs ram where the other is stolen by INTEL Graphics and more than 4 isnt an option because you cant use 2 gig dimms in the ram slots due to chipset incompatability. CPU Not supportedCPU Not supported

speedstep · Accepted Answer

Win7 32 bit will install but without 4 gigs of ram is very very very slow.  Requires more than 2 gigs ram because intel graphics steals 768 megs of system ram.

computer monster · Answer

THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPLY BUT MY BUDGET to buy agpu is under 50dollar I ONLY NEED AGOOD DIRECT X9 GPU AND RAM

computer monster · Answer

thank you but are you sure that the gpu will work with win10...look at this from amd website they say that i must update my operating system to latest version and put these os

redxps630 · Answer

try this nvidia geforce 6 series card which has Nvidia Windows 8 driver. mostly like compatible with Windows 10.

NVIDIA GeForce 6200 AGP

EVGA e-GeForce 6200 256MB DDR2 AGP 8x TV Out DVI-I VGA Graphics Card 819829003716 | eBay

computer monster · Answer

Or upgrading rams only

computer monster · Answer

Ok thanks but can i run win7 32bit on it without upgrading hardware

redxps630 · Answer

GX270 supports Win 7 32.  you can upgrade ram up to desktop computer: 4 GBmini-tower computer: 4 GB form-factor computer: 2 GB Dell OptiPlex GX270 Performance Results - UserBenchmark

computer monster · Answer

but could my device run windows 8.0 or it has the same problem as 8.1 or 10

speedstep · Answer

could my device run windows 8.0 NO because NX is required. Windows 8.X, 10, 11 requirenments64-bit Processor 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster with support for PAE, NX, and SSE2     64 bit processor needs to support CMPXCHG16b, PrefetchW, and LAHF/SAHF.  Oldest Model that meets this is Optiplex GX620 with Pentium D 915 to 960 dual core. Windows 11 runs on these models which have PCI-E 2.0 X16 video slot.  However these models do not support quad core so they are not recommended.  Most modern systems work best with quad Core I5 I7 second gen or newer with 16 gigs dual channel DDR3.  That means Optiplex 7010 9010 minimum.  3XXX series are not recommended due to lack of USB3 and AHCI operation for the onboard sata ports. Support for Windows 8.1 will end on January 10, 2023 Support for Windows 8.0 has ended its now EOL EOS, End of life End of Support.

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