UNSOLVED
Dimension 4500s video card
Does anyone run Flt. Sim. 2002 or Combat Flt. Sim II on their 4500s, without a video card? I have and now my fan makes noise. Dell will not give me a straight answer on the peak wattage of my power supply, or whether or not I can install a graphics card. Others in this forum seem to be using cards. Mftrs. reply that I can use their video cards on my system (ATI). Microsoft says that I can run Combat Flight Sim. II and Flt. Sim. 2002 as is, without a card. But one Dell tech says that I can't run the games. "They overtax the system". Another, "The 4500s is for college students. You can't add a card". I get a different answer depending on the day of the week. Any help would be appreciated.
- gprat it is not that hard just about any full size card will fit I'm using the visiontek 9100 128mb pci which unfortunitlyy is no longer avalable here is a post by a fellow forum member u can read it here: http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_video&message.id=79103&highlight=#M79103
Hey Mloot, I replaced it awhile ago and yes I see a bigger difference from the 9000,thuoght I had sent you a message guess I didn't anyway I saw this post and thuoght I'd reply by the way don't know if you saw the min. system specs for DOOM 3 and how the 8500 & 9200 chipsets ARE supported and the 9100 is not???
DELL-Chris M
Community Manager
•
56891 Posts
•
232143 Points
310
0
Posted September 29th, 2004 14:00
Welcome to the Dell Community Forum (DCF).
Those other users could be using the full size 4500, not the slimline 4500S. It is difficult to upgrade the 4500S.
DELL-Chris M (old account)
#IWork4Dell