Tank4ever,

Thanks for starting this.

Have had the Leadtek 6600GT TDH 128 mb for about two weeks and it works great, other than the I/O parity message(Dell is working on it).  It's a pain to press "S" but oh well.  I'm not an expert my any means and I am too lazy to download all of the Benchmarking but I did get AquaMark 3 and the average score is about 52,000 thats with 1024x768x32 Res, No FSAA, 4x Anisotropy, Max Details.  Runs Doom 3 at 1280x1024 res on High detail without any problems, real smooth.  Real good for a card that cost me Under $300.  One other thing, to get the most out of this card, you have to remove the slide cover as the card gets warm at times.  This brings down the temp about 20 degrees celcius or about 70 fahrenheit.  Other than that, Rock On.

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Dim 4700, P4 3.4 Ghz, 1024 Mb Ram, integrated sound, Leadtek 6600GT 128 mb PCIe, 19"CRT monitor(M993), 48xCDRW, XP Home.

 

 

 

Message Edited by Hickory Stick on 12-09-2004 04:00 PM

Message Edited by Hickory Stick on 12-09-2004 04:01 PM

Message Edited by Hickory Stick on 12-09-2004 04:03 PM

I will post what does not work:

Dim 4700 (integrated onboard graphics) with ATI Radeon X700 Pro PCIe.

Question for Hickory, did you have an integrated onboard graphics on it as well when you bought it? I may return my card and get your card if it works...

Tank4ever:

Thanks for taking up the cause and helping other Dimension machine owners with video card upgrades.  I upgraded my Dimension 4400 with a XFX GeForce FX 5700LE 128MB DDR 8X AGP card.  I don't know if it is THE BEST VIDEO CARD available, but it is the best card for my machine and my purposes.  It was easy to install, following the informative "FAQ Video" article comments.

B4runo

Message Edited by Tank4ever on 12-09-2004 10:59 PM

Here is a hot one for you! Dimension 8400, 1 gig ram, just added an MSI NX6600GT (NVidia) PCI Express card.

It literally flies! It comes already hotrodded so no playing ith clock speeds are necessary. It has been my old ATI 300SX by a million miles in the last hour after install!

http://www.msicomputer.com

The board came with about ten disks as well as a pretty full setup disk with another ten MSI specialty programs on it. Games Collection CD?, MSI Multimedia, WinDVD Creator, 3D Album, 3D Desktop, a foreign language learning disk, Restoreit! Virtual Drive, Prince of Persia, URU, XXII

 

Dell Dimension 2400 2.8Ghz P4 - PCI _ Radeon 9250 - Doesn't work And yes I tried all the hints and tips!  (Am awaiting XFX Geforce 5200 as other users have said this works, will update this when installed (fingers crossed))

Message Edited by ruffers on 12-10-2004 08:33 AM

Edit - As recommended elswhere on the forum for the 2400, PCI XFX GeForce FX5200  does work just fine and  dandy, installed no worries. Am playing UT2004 with everything on high settings and is smooth as you like.

Dim2400 P4 2.8, 768 MB RAM

Message Edited by ruffers on 12-10-2004 05:51 PM

Message Edited by ruffers on 12-13-2004 03:22 AM

Dimension 4550:

Ati - X800 pro

Nvidia - GeForce FX6800 GT

SEEKE:

To answer your question, yes my Dim 4700 comes withe integrated sound and graphics.  I disabled the integrated graphics and am using the Leadtek 6600GT, RUNS GREAT!  Like I said the card gets warm so you have to remove the slide cover, otherwise the temp gets fairly warm.  I am willing to bet that with the cover on you will not be able to play for hours without having heating issues.  That being said with the cover off, no problems.   I am also running the card with the 66.93 drivers.

One other thing, I do not have a sound card as I am more than pleased with the integrated sound.  I know others have had heating issues with the  graphics card and and a sound card both installed.  But with the cover off, I think that would help. 

Hope that helps.

One last thing, I just checked out the Leadtek website and looks like they have a new card out: the PX6600GT EXTREME (550/560 Mhz), which is a little fatser than my PX6600GT TDH (500/500 Mhz).  Have not seen it for sale anywher though.

Message Edited by Hickory Stick on 12-10-2004 09:41 AM

Message Edited by Hickory Stick on 12-10-2004 11:42 AM

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@Hickory Stick wrote:

Have had the Leadtek 6600GT TDH 128 mb for about two weeks and it works great, other than the I/O parity message(Dell is working on it). It's a pain to press "S" but oh well. I'm not an expert my any means and I am too lazy to download all of the Benchmarking but I did get AquaMark 3 and the average score is about 52,000 thats with 1024x768x32 Res, No FSAA, 4x Anisotropy, Max Details. Runs Doom 3 at 1280x1024 res on High detail without any problems, real smooth. Real good for a card that cost me Under $300. One other thing, to get the most out of this card, you have to remove the slide cover as the card gets warm at times. This brings down the temp about 20 degrees celcius or about 70 fahrenheit. Other than that, Rock On.

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Dim 4700, P4 3.4 Ghz, 1024 Mb Ram, integrated sound, Leadtek 6600GT 128 mb PCIe, 19"CRT monitor(M993), 48xCDRW, XP Home.

Message Edited by Hickory Stick on 12-09-2004 04:00 PM

Message Edited by Hickory Stick on 12-09-2004 04:01 PM

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Just curious friend, you're using the 6600 GT even with the I/O error? I bought one and had the same problem. (See my post "Just what PCI Express card WILL work with a Dimension 4700) I talked to Dell tech support as well as EVGA tech support and could not get mine working. The Dell guy says the issue should be fixed in the next BIOS update while the EVGA guy said that his techs have heard nothing of a problem with the 6600 GT and Dell systems.

The EVGA guy tried to help me get the drivers installed, but we couldn't do it. We just wrote it off as having something to do with the I/O error. So how exactly did you get the drivers installed? Putting my disc in and installing from there appears to work as the drivers go through the process and it asks me to reboot, but upon reboot, there is so NVidia software anywhere. Sounds like you have the same problem I had, but you can use your card and I can't. Any ideas?