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upgrading my optiplex gx270 hardware

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

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    Posted July 17th, 2022 06:00

    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

  • speedstep

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    Posted July 17th, 2022 15:00

    @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. T
    he 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 supportedCPU Not supportedCPU Not supported

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    Posted July 19th, 2022 02:00

    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.

     

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    Posted July 17th, 2022 08:00

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

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    Posted July 17th, 2022 11:00

    thank you but are you sure that the gpu will work with win10...look at this from amd website

    Screenshot_٢٠٢٢٠٧١٧-٢٠٣٠٥٧_Chrome.jpg

     they say that i must update my operating system to latest version and put these os

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    Posted July 17th, 2022 12:00

    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

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    Posted July 18th, 2022 03:00

    Or upgrading rams only

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    Posted July 18th, 2022 03:00

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

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    Posted July 18th, 2022 08:00

    GX270 supports Win 7 32.  you can upgrade ram up to

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

    form-factor computer: 2 GB

    Dell OptiPlex GX270 Performance Results - UserBenchmark