What specs to look for in Basic PCI Video card

braveheart3158 · Mar 24, 2013

I want to install a graphic card to help take the pressure off my CPU/motherboard. I have a Emachine (Dell) T5022 with onboard graphics. Pent. 4 2.93ghz LGA775 socket 800mhz frnt sie bus...Memory pc3200 DDR2 ...915 chipset..I only have a slot for a PCI and NOT a PCIe. I am interested in using a video editing software so I an upload my home video's from DVD onto an xternal harddrive for storage. At this point I tried to use cyberlink 11 edit software but my puteris to slow for that so I my use an earlier versio like maybe #9 or some other softare (open to suggestions). In the fture I will probably need to rebuild this puter starting with a new motherbord, in order to edit and render these home movies . But for now I just want to be able to upload from the DVD. So what specs do I look for in a video card? Thank you!

braveheart3158 · Mar 24, 2013

From the Cyberlink site for minimum requirements to use their software Power Director #11. 128 MB VGA VRAM or higher (1 GB or higher VRAM and OpenCL capable are recommended). I don't know if I can get a PCI video card with these specs or better? If I can't, then maybe there is another software I can use to upload my DVD for storage onto the harddrive? I want to add a video card anyway to take a load off the CPU as well. Here is a drect link to the cyberlink pwr director minium requirements http://www.cyberlink.com/support/product-requirements.do?ProductId=4&prodId=4&prodVerId=930....I found this on tigerdirect that I think my be able to use? http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Category/guidedSearch.asp?CatId=28&sel=Detail%3B55_158_2872_2872,Detail%3B229_1173_48957_48957,Detail%3B236_1247_2731_2731,Detail%3B41_170_12847_12847

Feldmarschall · Mar 24, 2013

There is no PCI card that can match your needs. Last time they have been developed is '98-99'. Then AGP came and then PCI-E.

braveheart3158 · Mar 24, 2013

Feldmarschall :

You mean no PCI card for the software? If so then is there at least a CI card I an use to plug in my small monitor and tak a load off my CPU/Motherboard?

Feldmarschall · Mar 24, 2013

http://www.amazon.com/Sparkle-GeForce-8400GS-Graphics-SFPC84GS512U2LP/dp/B001HA91NY

altough this seems to be like strong and so... it's poor gpu, and ultra slow. Don't know will this suit you but it's the strongest that you can find. Maybe there is 8500 version but did not found it.

This one is cheaper and newer model. http://www.amazon.com/ZOTAC-NVIDIA-GeForce-512MB-ZT-60604-10L/dp/B0083Y1YVE/ref=sr_1_8?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1364161626&sr=1-8&keywords=pci+video+card

braveheart3158 · Apr 6, 2013

Feldmarschall :

Thank you for your reply. Tried a PCI card my neighbor had from an old puter. After I installed the card and drivers my taskbar disappeared along with the START. So I removed it and back where I started. Maybe I will either leave well enough alone or change the mother board and go from there.

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