Which Video Card the best for a Dell Deminsion 8300

[AvengingAngel]

Which Video Card the best for a Dell Deminsion 8300 with the follow build..any help would have my Thanks its for my son he is a Gamer non-stop and his Geo 5200 is not cutting it anymore he tells me so help a OLD man Out Which one Would give me the Most Bang for my Buck......

Quantity Parts # Part Description

1 C0724 PROCESSOR, 80532, 2.8G, 512K, 800FSB, SOCKET N
0 N2194 INFORMATION, DEVIATE TO PWA G0728, LADDER WITH 5R/2R CIRCUITS
1 2R400 KEYBOARD, 104, 6P, UNITED STATES, MULTI-MEDIA, NMB
1 X0956 PRINTER/PRINTER ACCESSORIES, CABLE, USBD4B-10, LIGHT, BLACK
1 T0943 KIT, MOUSE, UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS, 2BTN, OPTICAL, LOGITECH
1 5740C CABLE, AUXILIARY, INTERNAL, MODEM, 4C
1 8W112 MODEM, V.92, INTERNAL, DATA FAX VOICE MODEMS, TIN, DELL AMERICAS ORGANIZATION
1 3W978 KIT, SPEAKER, 120V, ADA745, DELL AMERICAS ORGANIZATION
1 0R533 CARD (CIRCUIT), MULTI-MEDIA, AUDIO, SB0203
1 2X480 COMPACT DISK READ WRITE, 680M, I, 5.25" FORM FACTOR, 48X, SAMSUNG, CHASSIS 2001
1 G3171 DIGITAL VIDEO DISK DRIVE, 16X, IDE (INTEGRATED DRIVE ELECTRONICS), HALF HEIGHT, EXTERNAL, CHASSIS 2001
1 4N736 DISPLAY, CATHODE-RAY TUBE, 19, DUAL, M992, MIDNIGHT GRAY, DELL AMERICAS ORGANIZATION
1 G0001 CARD (CIRCUIT), GRAPHICS, 128MB, NV34, DIMENSION, SECOND
1 N0738 HARD DRIVE, 80G, I, 7.2K, 80G/P, Maxtor Calypso
1 7T281 FLOPPY DRIVE, 1.44M, 3.5" FORM FACTOR, 3MD, NO BEZEL, TEAC, V4, CHASSIS 2001
1 J1894 KIT, SOFTWARE, WP-PRDCT-STE11, ENGLAND/ENGLISH
1 N2999 KIT, SOFTWARE, MNY-2K4, STANDARD, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MFGR., ENGLAND/ENGLISH
1 P2643 KIT, SOFTWARE, MSENC-2K4, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MFGR., ENGLAND/ENGLISH
1 R2553 KIT, SOFTWARE, OVERPACK, WXPHSP1A, COMPACT DISKETTE W/DOCUMENTATION, ENGLAND/ENGLISH
1 G2876 KIT, DOCUMENTATON ON FLOPPY DISK, SOFTWARE, CYBERLINK, 4.14, DIMENSION
2 J0201 DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE, 256, 400M, 32X64, 8K, 184


the parts listed in my system

 

[paparazi]

I note that some of the Dell 8300 range were fitted with the excellent Radeon 9800Pro.
So a second user 9800Pro or XT would be a good choice and known to be compatible with this setup.
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[paparazi]

What you can deduce from the above is that this system has an 8X AGP slot so will also likely support other/faster 8X AGP cards like Nvidia's 6800 and ATI's X800/X850 series of 8X AGP cards.
Just be a little careful tho! something like a 6800Ultra is going to put quite a strain on the standard Dell PSU.
X800 series were slightly less power hungy so might be a better option.
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