What video card can I put in a Dell Precision 380 that will work with Windows 10? It has an Nvidea Q

dspgandalf said:

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I thought you were determined to get one with external power

I have a spare gt220, they're really anemic but as stated anything will be fine for 2d and multimedia playback.

Everyone is sayin that a card that's low wattage will work--I have a latency problem and I know it because I have no drivers and little on board memory. I'm going to give it a shot. If it can make this thing run smooth that's all I need

I put the GeForce 210 in and it works great! No more latency and the drivers are updated So happy!

I just installed an nvidia EVGA GeForce GT610 in my Precision 380, and Windows 10 is now running swimmingly. The card's requirements state 300 W power supply with 26 amps on the 12 V rail. I have no idea whether I have any of that, but it works fine - in fact, it's my main office computer, used for basic word processing, web browsing, etc. After this $26 upgrade, it works just as well now as it has for the last 10 years.

I did upgrade this computer a few years back with a SSD, the almost-fastest processor available for it ($8 used on Ebay, from China!) and 8 GB of RAM. It's a touch slow, but not slow enough to annoy me. I continue to be surprised by how reliable this computer is. I've gone through entire new-to-junk cycles with several other computers in the meantime, but this one just keeps chugging along.

Nice work mate. That card only uses 30W so you'll be fine. Make sure you have any motherboard and other driver updates as this can make a nice difference on older gear too.

That will help with video decode assuming you're using programs with hardware acceleration but your Pentium D is a dinosaur and needs replacing.