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But because of extremely limited space, the expansion card case will interfere with a normal SATA connector on the hard drive. It has one Gen I SATA port on the motherboard. Do not buy it with this card.Also, a warning for anyone that owns this specific system and that is upgrading it.
It's a small form factor desktop with a 210 watt power supply. As far as for how much headroom the power supply still has, this system has also been upgraded to 4 GB of RAM, which is the most it will accept. I own an aging Dell Optiplex GX270.
(Incidentally, Windows XP Pro SP3 will only recognize ~3.25 GB of it).The 'best together' bracket kit that Amazon has listed with this card IS INCOMPATIBLE. To overcome this, a SATA cable with a right-angle connector where it plugs into the hard drive is required, or you may find yourself having to use a Dremel tool to hack a chunk out of the expansion card case. The specifications for this card recommend a 300 to 400 watt power supply, but it runs fine in this machine so far.
The most demanding thing I ask it to do is play World of Warcraft, and it does that fine.
Inexpensive, AGP bus, good performance and easy to install - for a non-gamer that's all I can ask for. The utility software was useful since I had to re-configure the color and gamma settings of the monitor - its in a well-lighted room so the default configuration is a bit washed out. I downloaded the latest drivers/software instead of using the CD that came with it.
I bought a 19" widescreen monitor recently and the integrated graphics driver does not support widescreen resolutions (and it was giving me problems anyway) so I had to switch to AGP. I connected it via DVI cable (not included) and setting up the BIOS and Windows XP to use the GeForce was straightforward. I installed this on my 3-yr old PC with an ASRock K7V3M motherboard.
It automatically detected my widescreen monitor's optimum resolution (1440 x990) and used that by default. An excellent product and upgrade for those with older systems that don't support the new PCI-E bus. Although the Mobo suport only up to AGP 4x, I had no problems using this card.
The included installation guide was minimal but adequate.
A worthwhile/cheap way to squeeze another year or so out of an older machine. The XFX/GeForce 6200 installed like a charm; downloaded current nVidia drivers and the impact on not only gaming apps but overall performance of the machine was definitely improved. Highly recommended. I have a 5+ year old Sony Desktop with an AGP4x nVidia Geforce 5400. Game performance was not satisfactory.
This was cheap and server for the purpose. Used this to "revive" and old computer and to leave it with a "decent" card.
Now, however, this card is obsolete, and if u are looking for a good, yet cheap, gaming video card, DO NOT buy this one. I bought this video card to increase my gaming expectations. At first, it was perfect since I could run everything on high quality.
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