Post your PC specs

[Gary D]

It ain't pretty but it works!

Here it is:

[futurex]

way too many people with onboard graphics

onboard graphics (and to a much lesser extent onboard audio) is the enemy!

even if you dont do any gaming or video playback, dedicated graphics is a must. just get SOMETHING that will free up the 64mb allocated to onboard crap

[drfsupercenter]

I have a video card! I bought it for 50 bucks, as PCI cards are getting expensive these days (no AGP port )

[futurex]

thats what you get when you buy dell!

[NightTran]

thats what you get when you buy dell!

is any pci card will work with dell or some only?

my spec is dell 3000, just add one internal dvd drive, I aloso have about 5 usb2 dvd burner and one usbhard drive 250 . I dont have alot of solfware in my comp. just eough to pass the sony accros

[drfsupercenter]

They should all work.

@futurex, I was in sixth grade when I got it. How would I have known?

[anonymez]

any pci card will work in a pci slot, regardless of manufacturer.

this is not to be confused with pci express

[drfsupercenter]

Right. Depending on what you need it for, 64MB should work. Mine was an nVidia GeForce 4000, works great. Don't notice a difference from the internal one that I disabled, but as long as Return of the King will open I'm good

[anonymez]

the difference is you lose 64mb ram to primarily store textures. decrease in performance

[drfsupercenter]

It works for me however... I am not a hardcore gamer, so don't listen to me LOL

[NightTran]

I mean the one that you can add another internal hard drive, I am not gambling just encode and burning and internet.

what is need to add to do multiworks?

[Chewy]

any decent pci card is overpriced for what you get, they have to use better memory to compensate for the slower pci interface

[NightTran]

any decent pci card is overpriced for what you get, they have to use better memory to compensate for the slower pci interface

does it mean I have to buy dell memory ( another stick 512)? or any memory, and any pci to compensate the 64 lost?

[Chewy]

If I had 512 megs and onboard graphics with no agp slot and was sharing 32 or 64 for video, I would add another 512 instead of using a pci card.

[anonymez]

If I had 512 megs and onboard graphics with no agp slot and was sharing 32 or 64 for video, I would add another 512 instead of using a pci card.

if buying another mobo was out of the question, same here