- My PC is a very old one and does not have a PCIe slot. This card fits well. Installation was a snap and works very well with Windows 7. I was able to increase my system performance from 2.0 to 3.5 with this card.However, the card's heatsink is too tall and will collide with an adjacent PCI card. So, either it takes up 2 slots or try to install in the far ended slot.
- Lets first start off with what system I have. I have this HP DC5100 small form factor computer with Pentium 4 3 GHz HT processor, 3 GB ram, and 40 GIG Hardrive. I recently installed Windows Vista Ultimate which runs good on it except for the on board video which would not let me run the Windows Aero and some other programs like Windows DVD Maker. I figured I would upgrade the video card for when my daughters would visit so they would have a decent computer to use.The video card installed with no problems as long as you follow the instructions like disabling the on board video first in BIOS and then install the card and then install the new drivers in safe mode. The card does come with small…
- PCI bus design
- Ultra Silent Cooling System
- 40nm Processor Technology
- Advanced cooler design, High performance, Low RPM cooler
- Low profile design
- Native HDMI & HDMI 1.3a support
- integrated Audio for HDMI
