Would this be a good replacement

[Yammichi]

(Original Posting)

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From Yammichi

Hi, I've found out that my Dimension 4100 agp slot pumps
out about 3.3 volts, now I can't find out if the radeon 9250se is compatible with 3.3volts or 1.5, I can't find that info anywhere, any help is greatly appreciated, as Ive had nothing but probs with this video card.

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original answer from Paparazzi

Dell 4100 series has an Intel 815E chipset based motherboard that supports AGP4X graphics (1.5V)

The Radeon 9250 is an 8X AGP card but is backward compatible with 4X AGP slot so should work.
See RADEON 9200 series SPEC BELOW:


Intel® Pentium® 4/III/II/Celeron™, AMD® K6/Duron™/Athlon®/Athlon XP® or compatible with AGP 2X (3.3V), 4X (1.5V), 8X (0.8v) or Universal AGP 3.0 bus configuration (2X/4X/8X) or PCI bus.

Many sites indicate the Dell 4100 series as having a Geforce2 GTS fitted, which in it's day was quiet a respectable performing card. The 9250 is definately faster but I wouldn't have thought by a great amount especially when considering the older platform restrictions.

On an older system like this a better (higher performing option and cheaper) would be a used:

Geforce4 4200/4400/4600Ti series (not MX)or
ATI Radeon 9500/9600 series

Martin
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Is this a good replacement???
NVIDIA GF (A340T) FX5200 128MB DDR AGP 8x TVO+HW(RB)

 

[paparazi]

Yammichi
Look and you will see!!!!!!
The information I already posted contains the answer!

"compatible with AGP 2X (3.3V), 4X (1.5V), 8X (0.8v) or Universal AGP 3.0 bus configuration (2X/4X/8X) or PCI bus"

All I can say is: even though the specifications say it should work! newer hardware often has problems functioning correctly when mixed with older technology.

My recommendation is still the same, sell the Radeon 9250 and find a used Geforce4 4200Ti or similar which might be older but is definately a more powerful alternative and one that will work without issues.

An FX5200 should work but then so should the Radeon 9250.

An older era of card is much more likely to be fully compatible and as I have said all of these are more powerful options than the two cards you have chosen.

Second user graphics cards can be picked up from places like ebay your local papers or computer fairs.

Friendly note* try not to start so many posts on the same subject, I've counted 3 posts in differant forums on this same subject, read site policy so you can get the most from the Tek-Tips community, contribute and help others.
Martin


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