VID CARD?

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

I am running a Dell Dimension, and I donot know the partics right now, but I am looking for a video card to run BF2 that will not run me a chunk of change. What do you need to know about my machine, and thanks in advance. :dunno

[LA_MERC_Onji]

do you have an agp slot?

[Biggs]

i had a ati radeon pro and it ran bf2 fine (sabre in the new proud owner of it). i now have a 6800gt that was a little exspensive and is also a great card.

[LA_MERC_Sabre]

w00t! yup the card runs IE6 perfectly! no problems at all.....ho....hum Can anyone sense my frustration of not having any time?

the 6600gt is around 150 or so on newegg. I think we have a couple of people running that card with BF2.

[Wyrm_f00d]

I have an Nvidia FX5900XT, It seems to run fine, but you may wanna jump up to a newer card if you can afford it.

[SnAkEbItE]

If you will give me your spec's as in what modle of deminsion or better yet get me your service tag I can look at the spec's and tell you if you have a AGP slot or not.

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

I donot have an AGP slot, due the reason I unloaded the 9600Pro to Heater. I want to one day build "thee" machine, but not until prob next summer. I just want to play BF2 and the Sapphire 9250Pro cannot run it due to Driver issues I guess. I also am running 1 gig RAM and onboard sound.

SnAkEbItE: I will get the number tonight when I get home ~ 6 pm MST.

Thanks.

[LA_MERC_eX1|eS' ch1|d]

Might be tuff to find a decent card for PCI. I run an ATI 9600XT and I'm middle of the road for setting in BF2.

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

Can you add an AGP slot or do you do that by building a new machine?

[LA_MERC_T4rg3T]

thee rock, just list the model number of your Dell computer so we can help you look at your possibilities.

[LA_MERC_YellowDog]

']Can you add an AGP slot or do you do that by building a new machine?

You would have to build a new Box.
Its part of the Motherboard, and thats
the "MOTHER" of the PC...
For a DELL its actualy a Mother @$%$% of the PC... LOL

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

ok,ok,ok....thee_noob willpost thee number. Leaving work right now.

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

7C30181 - service tag

[LA_MERC_Captain_Obvious]

Service Tag: 7C30181
System Type: Dimension 3000
Ship Date: 8/4/2005
Dell IBU: Americas
Quantity Parts # Part Description
1 R8309 PROCESSOR, 80546, CELERON PRESCOTT DESKTOP SOCKET N, 330, E0
1 7N242 KEYBOARD, 104, UNITED STATES, SILITEK, LOW COST, MIDNIGHT GRAY
1 C8639 KIT, MOUSE, UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS, 2BTN, OPTICAL, LEAD FREE, LOG
1 J0202 DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE, 512, 400M, 64X64, 8K, 184
1 X2749 MODEM, V.92, DATA FAX, INTERNAL, DONNY, DELL AMERICAS ORGANIZATION
1 M9753 ASSEMBLY, DVD+/-RW, 16X, IDE (INTEGRATED DRIVE ELECTRONICS), PHILIPS, CHASSIS 2005
1 F6371 KIT, SPEAKER, 120V, NMB, A215, MIDNIGHT GRAY, SHIP IN BOX
1 Y4413 DISPLAY, FLAT PANEL DISPLAY, 15, DUAL VOLTAGE, E153FPF, MIDNIGHT GRAY, DELL AMERICAS ORGANIZATION
1 H1848 HARD DRIVE, 80GB, I, 7.2K, 2MB, SMSNG-PALO
1 CD940 KIT, SOFTWARE, WORDPERFECT, 12, PLUS-TRIAL


You can also find more about the Dimension 3000 here. (http://premier.dell.com/portal/catalog/ProductDetailsPage.aspx?pid=312_F_dimen_3000_17583&productid=dimen_3000&sysCat=Desktops#tabtop)
There are only 3 PCI slots, no AGP or PCIe.
It is using the 865 chipset using DDR memory (not DDR2)
Your PC seems to be a celeron 2.66 with 256k cache (according to the service tag)

basically, no video upgrade for you on that PC. sorry.

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

Start buying parts then. I think I can do okay with the previous threads listed. LaTech you still got your stuff?