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Old 08-16-2005, 06:33 AM   #1
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PCI graphics for a Dell OptiPlex 170L


I'm gettting a Dell 170L and since it uses an internal Intel extreme graphics 2 I'm looking for a PCI (it has no AGP) card.
Looking around in what is still available in PCI I found the Club 3D Ati-Radeon 9250 PCI 128MB DDR DVI. TV-out which seems like the best (price - quality) option. I don't want to invest a lot in this box, it's only an extra but using a seperate card should make the slow celeron processor run a bit better.

Do you know of any other (or better) PCI options for this machine?

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Old 08-18-2005, 09:25 PM   #2
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Buying a graphics card is sometimes like buying a swiss army knife-they all have a lot of features, but what features will you really use? Also, another thing is that many people (including myself) have problems with ati. The drivers are only so-so, and that is only if you manage to install them (people have problems all the time with this- I changed disributions just for an easy to install version). In short, anything from nvidia SHOULD be easier to use. Lastly, I should say that anything PCI isn't going to be very powerful, since the bus is slower than agp (and agp is slower than PCIe).
 
  


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