Video Cards.....im so confused....
This is a discussion about Video Cards.....im so confused.... in the Windows Hardware category; I want to play Counter-Strike and need a new video card. Specs: (from General Panel of System Properties) Windows XP Home Edition Version 2002 Service Pack 2 Dell OPTIPLEX GX270 Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.
I want to play Counter-Strike and need a new video card.
Specs: (from General Panel of System Properties)
Windows XP Home Edition Version 2002 Service Pack 2
Dell OPTIPLEX GX270 Intel
Pentium 4 CPU 2.40GHz
2.39GHz, 768 MB of RAM
My current video card is a nVidia Geforce4 MX 420 in PCI bus 1.
I want to know if I have AGP slots or (even though this is probably impossible), PCI-E slots. What video cards are compatible that will allow me to play Counter-Strike. I already play Guild Wars, and it will run smoothly providing that I put the settings at their lowest. Any suggestions?
Specs: (from General Panel of System Properties)
Windows XP Home Edition Version 2002 Service Pack 2
Dell OPTIPLEX GX270 Intel
Pentium
4 CPU 2.40GHz2.39GHz, 768 MB of RAM
My current video card is a nVidia Geforce4 MX 420 in PCI bus 1.
I want to know if I have AGP slots or (even though this is probably impossible), PCI-E slots. What video cards are compatible that will allow me to play Counter-Strike. I already play Guild Wars, and it will run smoothly providing that I put the settings at their lowest. Any suggestions?
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According to DELL you have a small or low profile desktop case which means you have to get a low profile graphics card.
Good news, it does appear that your model does have both PCI and an AGP graphics slot.
The trick is finding a decent graphics card in a low profile form factor, since most manufacturers only released entry level cards in a small form factor.
I did a quick search over at NewEgg and came across quite a few AGP cards, however, only a few are low profile so I suggest using this as a guide to noting all the low profile cards and what GPU make/model they use and compare that to Counter-Strike and what they recommend as the minimum graphics card supported
Good news, it does appear that your model does have both PCI and an AGP graphics slot.
The trick is finding a decent graphics card in a low profile form factor, since most manufacturers only released entry level cards in a small form factor.
I did a quick search over at NewEgg and came across quite a few AGP cards, however, only a few are low profile so I suggest using this as a guide to noting all the low profile cards and what GPU make/model they use and compare that to Counter-Strike and what they recommend as the minimum graphics card supported
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Thank you so much.
