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December 20th, 2008, 08:12 PM

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Nvidia GeForce FX 5200

Hi all. I have had a Dell Optiplex GX110 lying around for a while now. The specs are as follows:

Pentium 3 733MHZ
256MB RAM
Integrated graphics card
40GB Hard Drive
PCI Slot-Not AGP

I was wondering if it is possible to upgrade the graphics card to a CHAINTECH P-FX20 GeForce FX 5200 256MB 128-bit DDR PCI Video Card (from Newegg.com) and if it would be compatible with ubuntu.

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December 20th, 2008, 08:44 PM

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Are you sure it is PCI? I thought it was a AGP on those with on board graphics. Only 512 ram on it, will run if PCI (slowly)

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How many and what type of expansion slots depends upon the exact motherboard. For example:

Dell OptiPlex GX110 PC Desktop
Small-Form-Factor Chassis — up to two half-length 32-bit PCI cards
Low-Profile Chassis — up to three 32-bit PCI cards
Midsize Chassis — up to five 32-bit PCI cards and one 32-bit AGP card
Mini Tower Chassis — up to five 32-bit PCI expansion cards

Even then you have to be careful what type and size card you get. The motherboard is quite small and requires a riser card for expansion. This means that you are limited in length and height of the any cards you get. It may mean simply measuring how much space you have and making sure the card will fit.

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The mentioned GFX card is no longer stock at newegg, however from general point of view - you can upgrade with any PCI (not PCIEx!) gfx card. And you will be compatible with unbuntu too, if the gfx card will not be too rare breed

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