Hello,
I'm running Windows Vista x64 on an older PC with a built-in Video adapter.
I've upgraded to a higher resolution monitor that has digital HDMI and DVI-D inputs and have been thinking of upgrading the PC's video adapter
The current video adapter I think may be a bit too slow for a higher resolution digital monitor. May work ok but think perhaps a newer video card with more memory and digital output may help with video.
Current video adapter: Intel GMA 3000 (Intel Q945/Q963 Express Chipset)
Total Graphic Memory 256 MB
System Video Memory 128 MB
Shared System Memory 128 MB
I've come across several PCI-E video cards with 500 MB to 1GB memory however some require that the PC have a min. 350 watt power supply. My small desktop PC uses a 250 watt power supply and only has two expansion slots.
Slot 1: PCI Express x1
Slot 2: 32-bit PCI 2.3 (5v)
Some of the cards are PCI-E x2, PCI 2.0 PCI, Express 2.0 x16 etc. However I read somewhere PCI 2.0 is suppose to be backward compatible to earlier versions of PCI-E?
I'm open to suggestions for a video adapter.
Here are a couple of used ones I've been looking at that are gaming cards, potentially could overheat and cause problems? Potential problems with drivers under Vista, etc.
NVIDIA QUADRO 400 512MB PCI-E Video Graphics Card
PNY NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 (VCGGT5201XPB) 1GB GDDR3
I'm not really up on video cards, the above are used and designed mainly for gaming and I don't know their power requirements, as some gaming cards require a minimum 350 watt power supply.
I'm running Windows Vista x64 on an older PC with a built-in Video adapter.
I've upgraded to a higher resolution monitor that has digital HDMI and DVI-D inputs and have been thinking of upgrading the PC's video adapter
The current video adapter I think may be a bit too slow for a higher resolution digital monitor. May work ok but think perhaps a newer video card with more memory and digital output may help with video.
Current video adapter: Intel GMA 3000 (Intel Q945/Q963 Express Chipset)
Total Graphic Memory 256 MB
System Video Memory 128 MB
Shared System Memory 128 MB
I've come across several PCI-E video cards with 500 MB to 1GB memory however some require that the PC have a min. 350 watt power supply. My small desktop PC uses a 250 watt power supply and only has two expansion slots.
Slot 1: PCI Express x1
Slot 2: 32-bit PCI 2.3 (5v)
Some of the cards are PCI-E x2, PCI 2.0 PCI, Express 2.0 x16 etc. However I read somewhere PCI 2.0 is suppose to be backward compatible to earlier versions of PCI-E?
I'm open to suggestions for a video adapter.
Here are a couple of used ones I've been looking at that are gaming cards, potentially could overheat and cause problems? Potential problems with drivers under Vista, etc.
NVIDIA QUADRO 400 512MB PCI-E Video Graphics Card
PNY NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 (VCGGT5201XPB) 1GB GDDR3
I'm not really up on video cards, the above are used and designed mainly for gaming and I don't know their power requirements, as some gaming cards require a minimum 350 watt power supply.
My Computer
System One
-
- Manufacturer/Model
- Thinkcentre
- CPU
- Intel Core 2 CPU 2.67 Ghz
- Motherboard
- OEM
- Memory
- 4 GB
- Monitor(s) Displays
- NEC
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1080p