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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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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. Return address scrambled. Replace nkbob with bobkn. "Steve G" wrote in message ... 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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