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Old February 28th 07, 05:37 AM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati
Steve G
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Default Need suggestions for PCI card to drive Dell 24"

Just got a Dell 2407FPW, but am unable to utilize full resolution. I
have a Dell 3100 with integrated graphics and would like to get a
separate video card. I only have PCI slots (not PCIe). One of the
slots is used by the ATI TV Wonder Pro. Any conflicts there??
Thanks for the help.
Steve
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Old March 1st 07, 03:36 AM posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati
Bob Knowlden
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Default Need suggestions for PCI card to drive Dell 24"

I was going to suggest downloading and installing the monitor drivers from
support.dell.com, but I see that the onboard video supports a maximum of 8
MB of memory (borrowed from system RAM). Yikes. That's not adequate to
support 1920X1200 pixels in 32 bit color.

I know of nothing that would prevent you from installing a PCI graphics
card. The 3100's mainboard only has two PCI slots, but I expect that both of
them would be usable. I suggest going to www.newegg.com and trying a "power"
search (upper left side of the screen). You may not choose to buy from
Newegg, but this will still give you a good idea as regards what is
available. The lowliest cards there still have 64 MB of RAM. (I searched
only cards that had at least one DVI connector. I suggest going for that,
although it may not make a large difference in the real world.)

I looked whether ATI makes an All-in-wonder card that would give you a
graphics card plus TV capabilities in a single-slot design, but I only saw
AGP and PCI-E versions.

Good luck.

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"Steve G" wrote in message
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Just got a Dell 2407FPW, but am unable to utilize full resolution. I
have a Dell 3100 with integrated graphics and would like to get a
separate video card. I only have PCI slots (not PCIe). One of the
slots is used by the ATI TV Wonder Pro. Any conflicts there??
Thanks for the help.
Steve


 




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