Dell 4600 Graphics card upgrade

mastercam111 · May 31, 2014

I have a Dell Dimension and I am trying to upgrade my graphics car.
My pc specs are:
Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz.
2.5 GB RAM
Nvidia 6200 card

I want to know if I can upgrade to a Radeon 4650 HD graphics card
I was looking at getting this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125625&cm_re=Radeon_4650-_-14-125-625-_-Product will it work?

cball1311 · May 31, 2014

No can do my friend. Your motherboard only supports AGP graphics cards. The 4650 is a PCIe card.

USAFRet · May 31, 2014

Does your Dimension 4600 have a PCI-Express slot? Mine didn't.

mastercam111 · Jun 1, 2014

cball1311 :

What would a good graphics card would fit in then?

cball1311 · Jun 1, 2014

This is about the best one that you are going to get.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161337

Don't expect to play alot of the latest games out but it will provide about 4x the performance of the 6200

junkeymonkey · Jun 1, 2014

just to let you know what could happen with a new upgrade part incase it don't work when you install it .. good luck...

some models of store bought computers [dell.hp,acer,ect..] may come with a ''locked'' bios and may not allow you to change certain hardware as a video card.. this is done to protect them from undue warranty claims and refunds .this is not done to hurt you but to protect them. you really need to see if that upgrade has been proven to work in your model first before you invest money in it .. there are a lot of these threads here at toms to look at some models will allow upgrades and some dont.. and a lot of guys here say ya ya ya when is really no no no...it would be sad you spent $ on a card that won't post after you installed it as most find out. then get told its your psu and you spend more and end up right back where you are now, but its up to you good luck..

you got to know the the boards in these computers are not like the ones we use to do custom builds witch are open to upgrading with in the boards compatibly . the bios is custom made for there design and just for the parts they authorize to be used on there computers

cball1311 · Jun 1, 2014

junkeymonkey :

just to let you know what could happen with a new upgrade part incase it don't work when you install it .. good luck...

some models of store bought computers [dell.hp,acer,ect..] may come with a ''locked'' bios and may not allow you to change certain hardware as a video card.. this is done to protect them from undue warranty claims and refunds .this is not done to hurt you but to protect them. you really need to see if that upgrade has been proven to work in your model first before you invest money in it .. there are a lot of these threads here at toms to look at some models will allow upgrades and some dont.. and a lot of guys here say ya ya ya when is really no no no...it would be sad you spent $ on a card that won't post after you installed it as most find out. then get told its your psu and you spend more and end up right back where you are now, but its up to you good luck..

you got to know the the boards in these computers are not like the ones we use to do custom builds witch are open to upgrading with in the boards compatibly . the bios is custom made for there design and just for the parts they authorize to be used on there computers

Just looked at the service manual, you will be fine for upgrading the GPU. Has a whole section on upgrading/replacing the card. Very good point from junkeymonkey though.

junkeymonkey · Jun 1, 2014

don't believe what they say[dell] that may be just dell certified parts

cball1311 · Jun 1, 2014

I had a Dell XPS 410 that I got for my son a while back that had a GT 9800 in it. Had no problem upgrading it to a gtx 460. Once again, different model so the best that I can say is that you can try it and if it doesn't work, you can send it back. You may be out of ~$10 for shipping though.

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