Dell Optiplex 755 mt

[Roger]

Looking for some advice here. My mother has recently acquired a refurbished Dell Optiplex 755 mt for a reasonable price and at my suggestion I loaded Fs9 on it. The on-board Intel Graphics are a little primitive, to say the least and I'm looking to find a reasonably priced graphics card (preferably Nvidia) that would make a difference, especially where anti-aliasing is concerned. As it is the mini tower version there are no height restrictions.

Thanks for any suggestions.

[expat]

Be sure the motherboard can fit an add on GFX card. Some do not.

[Lane Street]

Also watch the power supply unit.

Dells are commonly equipped with small PSUs.

They also sometimes use proprietary hardware, making upgrading challenging.

cheers,
Lane

[TuFun]

Here's a tech pdf file for this system: http://www.dell.com/downloads/global..._techspecs.pdf

Power supply specs: 305W total power... two versions used 65% and 80% High Efficiency.

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Optional video card specs: Several ATI card options at that time were installed in MT. Important... PCIE x 16 slot used.

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[Roger]

Thanks for all your input fellas. I've got enough to start searching

[Lane Street]

Optional video card specs: Several ATI card options at that time were installed in MT. Important... PCIE x 16 slot used.

No, it says PCIe bus, not slot. 2 different things.

I have an old Dell P4 (that I am typing this on) that has only a PCI (no little e) slot on the PCIe bus.

You have to look at the motherboard to verify what slots are available.

Also, looks like that is a BXT form factor which might make finding a new PSU challenging.
PCI predates AGP card technology and cards are darn near impossible to find these days.

cheers,
Lane

Added- sorry, made that statement based on the screenshot.

The PDF does show one PCIe x16 slot.

I would still look at the MB before spending any money.

Also, it looks like that is a BTX form factor which will make finding a new PSU challenging.

[TuFun]

May come in handy... 755 User's guide: ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-produ...uide_en-us.pdf