EVGA 256-P1-N399-LX e-GeForce 6200 256MB DDR PCI Graphics Card
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(5 out of 5)Great Card for Dell Dimension 2400 But Needs Small Modifications
This card totally rejuvenated a 3 year old Dell Dimension 2400 running XP. It enables the computer to play mid level, graphic intensive games like Guild Wars with very good speed. Graphically intense websites also run noticeably faster. The built in Intel graphics card is just awful.
But you need to do the following modifications:
1. Disable the Intel built in graphics card through the control panel. Go to Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager > Display adapters. Right click on Intel graphics card and disable. Turn off. Install graphics card. Turn on computer. Insert installaton CD. Computer will automatically install the drivers and away you go.
2. A small mod is necessary if you want to use the #1 monitor. Before installing the graphics card, use a needle nose pliers and widen the chassis opening at the edge where the PCI screw down tab is. The video plug on the Dell monitor is wider than most and there is very little room where they place the video plug for monitor #1. This takes 3 minutes.
Great card at a great price.
(5 out of 5)Great Card for Pci slot (No agp, or pci)
I have a dell dimension 2400. The intel intergrated graphics sucked horribly.. I would get 11-13 fps on a game called flight gear. I got this card, and was suprised with the results. I got 75-80 fps in the same game! I can also run dual monitors, which helps a lot. This is a good card for games made before 2006, and is good if you use it for basic browsing also.
(5 out of 5)Works great with Vista
I bought this card because I wanted to add a third monitor to my computer (a Dell Vostro 400), and my PCIe slot was already taken by my first dual video card.
I was having trouble deciding between this and the GeForce FX 5200 by PNY. I couldn't find anywhere (product page or reviews) something that would assure me the video card would work fine with Vista (and Aero). I finally decided on this card, because I saw that it worked with Vista and the AGP version was Vista certified.
When I installed I had a little problem (a blue screen), but after two restarts, it booted. I installed the drivers (Vista 32-bit and 64-bit come in the included CD) and everything was fine from that point on. I even recalculated the Vista Customer Experience Index, and I kept my previous values for video (5.9 and 5.6), which probably means this card is at least equal if not better than the one I already had.
(5 out of 5)It Fits And It Works
Since I have an older computer I had a problem finding a PCI card. The E-geforce fit all my needs, Dual monitor connection, PCI interface, and especially the price. Easy install, I had the dual monitors up and running that day. Very satisfied.
(5 out of 5)Does what it's supposed to do
Bought this videocard for my wife's emachine so that I could play Counter Stike: Source. I also bought PCI slot fan to go with it, due to the fact that this card only uses a heat sink for cooling.
I knew going into this, that it's a PCI slot video card, so I didn't expect to get a whole lot. I just wanted to play CS:S at a decent rate. While the onboard Intel Extreme Graphics were ok for playing CS 1.6, it was horrible for CS:S.
This card does a really good job of letting me play CS:S. On maps such as Office and Dust2, I will normally see from rates of 25-35fps, unless a lot is going on, then it will drop down to 14-25fps. On larger maps that are custom made, the game play does have significant slowdown, lag and lower frame rates. This is especially true for some of the CS:S Zombie games that I like to play.
I decided to try and take it a bit further by installing F.E.A.R. on the PC to see how far I can push the graphics card. Unfortunately, you have to run F.E.A.R. at a pretty low rate in order to get it to run smoothly. Anything higher than the lowest configuration and you will see a significantly lower frame rate.
The card comes with no instructions so installing it may take the n00b a bit of time to get it going (Disable the onboard graphics!). Also, the card has two outputs a DVI and a VGA. I cannot get the VGA output to work but luckily the card came with a DVI to VGA adaptor.