I've had a dell 2300 for the longest time and until recently i've been content with standard stuff. However as of late i got a lot of people wanting me to play WoW...which is just wonderful because I review for Gameapex so now i'll have even less of a life. Anyways I just got my memory up to 512 and I'm not sure if my pc is agp or pci. Now I've been eyeing this card at walmart its a Nivida fusion 4000 128mb however I'm not sure if my comp will take it I know the Nividia is pci it says so on the box. If anyone wants to help please do.

Quote: Originally Posted by Marvel_T0xin I've had a dell 2300 for the longest time and until recently i've been content with standard stuff. However as of late i got a lot of people wanting me to play WoW...which is just wonderful because I review for Gameapex so now i'll have even less of a life. Anyways I just got my memory up to 512 and I'm not sure if my pc is agp or pci. Now I've been eyeing this card at walmart its a Nivida fusion 4000 128mb however I'm not sure if my comp will take it I know the Nividia is pci it says so on the box. If anyone wants to help please do.

Well my experience of the lower end Dell desktops would indicate that you only have a PCI slot. I presume the graphics card you are referring to above is a nVidia GeForce MX4000, possibly the worst graphics card ever made (it's simply a tarted-up GeForce 2). If you can afford it, the best PCI card to go for is the Radeon X1300 PCI (see review here).

Understand however, that PCI is such a limiting interface you will probably be wasting your money. The author of that article recommends picking up an older generation PCI card such as a Radeon 9250. If it was me however, I'd buy a new motherboard with at least AGP support...but obviously it depends on how much you want to spend.

The last Dell I worked on needed a new mobo. But most Dell's don't have a removable
I/O plate. And the power supply wasn't pinned the same as a standard one. And the Dell
didn't have the standard hook ups for the power and reset switch's and such. And the
heatsink had a special adapter plate that didn't match up to a standard mobo. By the time
I was done it was almost a completely new PC. And for the money spend it would of been
better to have build a new PC with a newer cpu. My advise. Build a new PC and stay away
from the Dell's of the world. Good Luck :-)

I used to have a 2350 years ago before I gave it to my little brother to use. It did not have an AGP slot, only 3 pci slots.

Check these links out:

PCI slots
Imageci-slots.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

AGP slot
Image:AGP slot.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


They should give you a good idea of what each slot looks like, and you should be able to figure out exactly your board has.

Thankyou all but unfortunately i have no money so i have deal with what i have trust me if i could i would build a new pc from scratch but money is such a huge factor.

Quote: Originally Posted by Marvel_T0xin Thankyou all but unfortunately i have no money so i have deal with what i have trust me if i could i would build a new pc from scratch but money is such a huge factor.

Looks like this is your best option then.

Newegg.com - DIAMOND S9250PCI256SB Radeon 9250 Video Card - Retail

Quote: Originally Posted by reflux Looks like this is your best option then. Newegg.com - DIAMOND S9250PCI256SB Radeon 9250 Video Card - Retail

And if you can scrape up a bit more you could look at something in this line:

Radeon X1300 series

If you do go with an X1300, make sure to get one with 128 bit memory interface

I have a ATI 9250 256MB PCI right now
its okay

it runs most new games on low and medium
and games from 2004 it can run on max