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January 1st, 2004 20:00

upgrade video card

How do I upgrade from Inte(R) 82845g/gl/ge/pe/gv graphics controller to one that will allow me to play URU?

  • Mloot

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    Posted January 1st, 2004 20:00

    Which model of Dell do you have?
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    Posted January 1st, 2004 21:00

    Dimension 2350 IntelR pentium 4 cpu, 1.80ghz, 1.79GHz

    Is this what you needed?

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    Posted January 1st, 2004 22:00

    Yep, unfortunately for you, your 2350 does not have an available AGP slot, so the latest and greatest video cards will not work in your system.  The best you can do is to get a decent PCI video card that will give you a nice upgrade over your current integrated graphics.  Here is a review of most of the different flavors of PCI cards available today, in which you will also find the Intel integrated video:

    http://www.sudhian.com/showdocs.cfm?aid=445

    If you decide to get the 9100 PCI (currently, the fastest one you can buy) and you need instructions on how to install it in your 2350, here are some detailed instructions written by another forum member (SmoochyTX) on how she got hers to work in her 2350:

    http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_video&message.id=63634&view=by_date_ascending&page=1

    That should get you on the road to a successful video upgrade.  Don't hesitate to ask more questions if you have them.

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    Posted January 2nd, 2004 12:00

    i currently have a geforce2 w/tvout. what is the highest video card i can install? i would like to watch tv on my screen if they still make those.     dim 4400 1.5 512ddr
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    Posted March 22nd, 2004 15:00

    greetings,

    i know i'm geting to this discussion late, but i'm having the same trouble playing uru on my dell inspiron 1100 laptop. is there any way to upgrade the video on this laptop? the dell technical pages are less than helpful...

    vc