Would putting an older, probably obsolete now, graphics card in an old computer make it show good video?
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I HARDLY DOUGHT IT...RAY
858455
If your Dell has a slot for a graphics card, then you ought to be able to replace this card with a larger one, as long as you have the ram.
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I don't think you can since most video cards are located on the mother board of the laptop/notebook. You would need to purchase a whole new notebook to do so...\n\nBut this is just a guess since I have never owned a notebook...
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you'll need to buy a video card, right now you have on-board graphics...  go with a ATI or N-VIDIA card
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You need to check your video card...you may not have OpenGL support on it. (anything integrated is not likely going to have it unless the machine was built to run Windows XP Media center on it)
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Well without knowing your computer specs it is difficult do you have an agp card or a pci-express card currently or if it is a really old system maybe even a pci card. \nOnce you know that it is rather simple by a new card of the type you need.\n1st remove the any divers and software for your old card\nthen shut system down and open case.\nremove the old card and insert the new card \n(note many video card slots have locking clips on the right side of the card slot)\nMake sure the card is fully seated and any locking clips engaged\nreconnect monitor to new card and reboot\nthen just use the installation cd to install new drivers and software and viola done
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you need a video card that has TV-out ability.\n\nplease note that vid cards of recent manufacture usually only have an S-video out connection.  If you need a coaxil connection for your older TV, (like mine,) you may need to look for it online.\n\nhope this helps.
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thethief is kind of right, but youll get sucky performance. Buy a modern agp or pci-express video card and it should have a dvi and vga input, with a dvi > vga adapter allowing more than one monitor plugged into the video card.
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Most new computers allow this to be done without any tools.... first unplug your computer. Then find a way to open your computer case (buttons on top and bottom then slide shell off computer or open it like a trunk lid on a car). Next find the old video card in a slot on the motherboard and pull it out (old video card should look similar to the new one. Use your fingers to pull it out). Then put the new one in the same slot that your old one was in. close the case and restart your computer. Run the installation disk that came with it and your all done. Depending on the type of computer this can be done in as little as five minutes...
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You computer, according to documentation, has an AGP x4 1.5v slot. So your computer can accept an AGP card. That is the good news. The bad news is, it appear you have a mousey 250w power supply. You will need atleast 400w to upgrade both your memory and video. Dell has their own power supply and the do not make after maret(that I am aware of)for Dell computers. So it will be expensive to upgrade.\nYour computer uses RDRAM, which is VERY exxpenisive. You can install 2Gb of PC800 or 1.5Gb of PC1066. The memory MUST be installed in pairs unlike SDram, DDR, or DDR2 RAM.
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you need to habe the right type of graphics card first
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You might try approaching a large company about this.  Sometimes when they upgrade alot of computers they'll sell the old ones cheap or give them away.
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Whats the make and model of the older computer (need that to look up the specs). If it's a desktop you may be able to install a NIC card into the computer.
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Assuming your laptop doesn't have a VGA port on the back of it, there are PCMCIA video cards you can try one is the VTBook, http://sewelldirect.com/vtbookpcmciacard.asp?source=froogle but I would be surprised if your laptop did not have a VGA port on it somewhere.
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No.  Not unless the video card supports Turbocache (nVidia) or Hypermempry (ATi).  If it is an integrated card then it is already taking memory from your ram (which I assume it is not doing).  If it were you would be able to allocate more memory to it via the BIOS.  But, if it is a dedicated 32MB card of an older generation (Geforce2, Geforce4 or comparable ATi chip) then no, you cannot allocate more of your memory to video.
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The problem most likely is with the new card Dell computers are made with specific parts for Dell computers even a Dell specific version of windows (that's why I hate Dell computers being that I would rather upgrade) the card even though having the same specifications as your old one is not the Dell model. My best answer would be to see if the computer is still under warranty of the store you brought it from (since you opened it Dell has probably voided their warranty) they might be able to fix your old broken video card.
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Try asking your computer supplier or your vid card supplier