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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: cav58d on March 22, 2007, 07:28:30 PM
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I'm leaving my house in about 20 minutes to go buy a new Vid Card...I'm going to upgrade to 256mb...
I remember hearing sometime ago that I want to stay away from cards that dont have their own memory, and have to use memory from the PC...is that correct? and if so, whats the technical term so I can tell the dude @ the store?
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Just tell him you need a card with onboard memory. If he's worth his beans, he'll know what you mean.
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Obviously he was not worth his beans because he couldnt find any upgradeable RAM compatible with a Dell Dimension 4500S
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cav do an online search then buy from something like tigerdirect. You'll save $$ and get a better deal. Post this in Hardware forum and you'll get lots o answers. And come fly with us again sometime bro
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I need 2100DDR RAM Stick...Do they even make those anymore?
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Here's (http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010170147%201052407861&name=DDR%20266%20(PC%202100)) a whole page of pc2100 RAM. I though you were looking for a Vid Card though?
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I am looking to upgrade my card...However, I only have 788 or is it 766 MB of RAM...So I need to get over a gig before I can
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Shouldn't matter a bit how much RAM you have as long as you get a card that has it's own memory.
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in all seriousness I thought I had two sticks of 512 but I don't.. sorry dude
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If you have 3 sticks of 256, or a stick of 256 and a stick of 512, then you have 768.
How much physical memory you have is different from video card memory.
Be aware that you can have SERIOUS compatibility issues if you put a non Dell part in a Dell.
Sometimes you can get away with using non Dell parts, and sometimes you can't. I've gotten away from fooling with proprietary machines like Dells, Compaqs, and HPs.
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Originally posted by Captain Virgil Hilts
If you have 3 sticks of 256, or a stick of 256 and a stick of 512, then you have 768.
How much physical memory you have is different from video card memory.
Be aware that you can have SERIOUS compatibility issues if you put a non Dell part in a Dell.
Sometimes you can get away with using non Dell parts, and sometimes you can't. I've gotten away from fooling with proprietary machines like Dells, Compaqs, and HPs.
Why does Dell do that anyway? I mean is it that big of a deal to have somebody business that they make a computer that can only use parts mad by the guy that made the computer?
My god thats like saying I can only use milk when I make scrambled eggs cause eggs come from a farm.
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no no no they are not proprietary like they used to be. Store bought machines, for the most part just have thinner motherboards and less features.. quality is ok at best.
You do not need 1 gig of ram before you can update your card. If the salesman told you that, he truely needs to be thrown in a ditch somewhere.
You will need to know if your card is IDE or AGP. Most likely it is AGP in which case both ATI and nvidia make reasonably priced cards that will fit the bill.
Newer machines also support PCIe... yours probably does not.
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Unfortunately PCI (old) is the only type of card my machine will accept...
What a POS for telling me the gig thing...I was thinking that if the card had ind. memory, why would it matter what my system had?
Thats what you get with Best Buy's "Geek Squad"
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I upgraded system RAM on my Dell Dimension 4600 from 512 to 2G. I bought from TigerDirect and had to upgrade to Crucial ram. The cheaper stuff just would not work on my Dell. Big tip o' the hat to Skuzzy for helping.
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Often PC 3200 is backwards compatible with PC 2100.
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Originally posted by cav58d
Unfortunately PCI (old) is the only type of card my machine will accept...
Doesn't your mobo have an AGP slot? Sounds really old if it does not.
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A lot of the proprietary stuff doesn't have an AGP slot, their AGP is/was on board.
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Depends on what model of Dells you get whether they are upgradeable or not.
Here at work we only buy Dells that can be upgraded. We have almost 3000 Dells and we have swapped out everything motherboards, vid cards, hard drives, memory everything. Most were not Dell parts.
No problems!
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Cav58d, it sounds to me like you should be looking to replace your whole computer. Upgrading your old Dell is only going to cost you $$$ for very little return.
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Originally posted by Viking
Cav58d, it sounds to me like you should be looking to replace your whole computer. Upgrading your old Dell is only going to cost you $$$ for very little return.
Oh crap, there's been a weather change in hell. I found something that gscholz said that I can agree with. :eek:
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Oh c'mon Maverick, I think we have agreed on things at least two times before. :)
Hell must be pretty cold by now.
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Ok...just a tip.
Most major off the shelf manufacturers of PC have components such as mobos and even OS made for them specificaly. In other words sometimes something as minor as installing a new vid card in a Dell can't be done, or be done without it being a major pain.
For instance...Dell orders OEM Windows OS's in huge numbers with Dell specs. Dell figures that you won't need all the features etc. in a complete windows OS so they order them for their use and their PCs from MS to their specs.
Same with Mobos....Usually you can't order a mobo like an ASUS or an Abit that will fit your Dell from newegg etc. Why? They will not fit. The cases for Dells PC's are made for Dell, so are the Mobos etc. as I said earlier.
Along with the OEM Windows system, mobo, type of RAM and Video etc makes the Dell a PC that Dell wants you to throw away in a few years and purchase a new one. Simply put placing a new CPU, Vid Card or even RAM is oft times not possible in off the shelf PCs.
Best way imho is to build your own. Build someting you can upgrade. It's not that difficult really. And the case, power supply and even hard drive can last you many years down the road.
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TALK
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SKUZZY.
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Cav58d, if you need a new card, or any computer parts you should ask Dadano (DnX online) first to see what kind of price he can give you. I have been very pleased with the items I have purchased from him thus far. You may need to PM him because he is upgrading his website right now.