- I had an old (2004) Dell Optiplex GX270 that I used occasionally, running XP. I installed Windows 7, but the old GeForce 4 card was not up to Windows Aero. This new PNY card was just the (inexpensive) ticket to bring the graphics performance a bit closer to the present and Windows 7 had a driver for it. This card is probably more than I needed, but hey, the price was right!It's nice that it has both DVI and VGA outputs (I used DVI) and it includes a dongle for compoent video output, not that I intend to use them. A DVI to VGA adapter is also included. I can see the appeal of the low-profile brackets to HTPC builders as well. For me, the use of a passive heatsink was a very strong plus as I like…
- I am fairly new to working on computers. I don't know much. I can switch some hard drives from masters to slaves, add memory, just your basic run of the mill stuff when it comes to the inside of a computer. I'm learning as I go so I figured this would be the perfect oppurtunity to try and fix an old cpu running an integrated 32mb video card I was given. My motherboard had 3 pci and one agp slot. I read that the agp cards work a bit better than the pci's so I went for this one. I figured that is a reasonable price to get a computer doing what I need it to do, instead of tossing it and buying a new one. It was easy enough finding a video card that was AGP and DDR2, but unfortunately this system…
- Graphics card upgrades increase your PCs overall performance and deliver an improved visual computing experience
- Increased performance over standard "integrated graphics" allows users to play the latest games with more detail and speed
- Supports the AGP Bus standard as well as offers dual-monitor support via 1 DVI and 1 VGA outputs
- Microsoft Vista Ready with 256MB on-board memory
- Toll-Free Techsupport and 3 year warranty
