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From: aj on 14 Sep 2006 16:21 I just bought a Dell E310, and to my dismay, my only shot at adding a dedicated video card is via a plain-jain PCI slot, or a single PCIE x1 slot. No PCIE x16 slot exists on this motherboard! Question is, I would like to install a military style first person shooter which is graphics intensive. Would this be a worthy upgrade over onboard video? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814161017R Thanks.
From: Larry Roberts on 15 Sep 2006 18:17 On 14 Sep 2006 13:21:22 -0700, aj(a)bookac.com wrote: >I just bought a Dell E310, and to my dismay, my only shot at adding a >dedicated video card is via a plain-jain PCI slot, or a single PCIE x1 >slot. No PCIE x16 slot exists on this motherboard! > >Question is, I would like to install a military style first person >shooter which is graphics intensive. > >Would this be a worthy upgrade over onboard video? > >http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814161017R > >Thanks. I'm thinking it would be better than a plain PCI card, but it says it is a 64bit memory bus card. This makes it slower than a plain x1300, and the x1300 is not a great game performer. You clould try it, but it may be not much better than the onboard graphics. Looking at reviews for other x1300 cards, suggest the users don't play games with it. If the shooter your wanting to play is pretty new, I wouldn't have high hopes. You may be be better off saving a bit more cash, and buying a new mainboard with PCI-e x16. Since it's a Dell, you may need a new case as well.
From: johns on 15 Sep 2006 19:06 Sell it. Put it in the paper, and sell it as a "good for email and web browsing". johns
From: DaveW on 15 Sep 2006 19:13 I'm sorry to say that if you intend to play graphics intensive games, your chosen computer has NO good options for displaying those graphics. You need either AGP on an older system or PCI-E x 16 on a current computer for any hope of playing modern games at reasonable frame rates and quality video images. -- DaveW ---------------- <aj(a)bookac.com> wrote in message news:1158265282.259393.130490(a)d34g2000cwd.googlegroups.com... >I just bought a Dell E310, and to my dismay, my only shot at adding a > dedicated video card is via a plain-jain PCI slot, or a single PCIE x1 > slot. No PCIE x16 slot exists on this motherboard! > > Question is, I would like to install a military style first person > shooter which is graphics intensive. > > Would this be a worthy upgrade over onboard video? > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814161017R > > Thanks. >
From: aj on 21 Sep 2006 16:54
Well, That about answers it. Guess I shouldn't waste $100 on the *only* PCI-E x1 card choice available. In my defense, I wasn't planning on gaming when I bought this machine, in fact, I bought it to do web browsing and lightweight productivity. DaveW wrote: > I'm sorry to say that if you intend to play graphics intensive games, your > chosen computer has NO good options for displaying those graphics. You need > either AGP on an older system or PCI-E x 16 on a current computer for any > hope of playing modern games at reasonable frame rates and quality video > images. > > -- > DaveW > > ---------------- > <aj(a)bookac.com> wrote in message > news:1158265282.259393.130490(a)d34g2000cwd.googlegroups.com... > >I just bought a Dell E310, and to my dismay, my only shot at adding a > > dedicated video card is via a plain-jain PCI slot, or a single PCIE x1 > > slot. No PCIE x16 slot exists on this motherboard! > > > > Question is, I would like to install a military style first person > > shooter which is graphics intensive. > > > > Would this be a worthy upgrade over onboard video? > > > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814161017R > > > > Thanks. > > |