my family just ordered a new dell what can i do?

[SC7]

Thats not even.....remotly true.

Oh do explain. Correction, many do ship with only PCI. But no new boards are shipping from OEMs, AFAIK, with AGP slots, they went out with 478, which Dell stopped using, only specialty boards were made for hobbyists that still had AGP on LGA 775, and even certain ones with DDR RAM.

 

[wicked859]

If it is a new board, it will have a pci-e or at least a agp.

 

[SC7]

If it is a new board, it will have a pci-e or at least a agp.

No, not neccisarily. Many new value boards ship with PCI. AGP is not an at least, it's outdated.

 

[linkman]

just look on Dells site dells come with pci slots

 

[Bobo]

just look on Dells site dells come with pci slots

So do pretty much all computers. The question is whether or not the PCI slots are the only ones.

 

[Motoxrdude]

Dells tend to run hot when gamin. I would recommend adding another fan to it or an exhaust fan. Also, if you want to game with it, get a video card for it. But first you have to see what kind of expansion slot it has.
These white slots are PCI
http://www.buildeasypc.com/pics/pci_slot.jpg
And the longest slot is a PCI-E slot\
http://www.techsweden.org/recensioner/dfi-sli/pci-e.jpg
That brown slot is AGP
http://www.benchmark.co.yu/tests/mainboards/asus/a7ve/agp.jpg

 

[linkman]

i have an ati radeon graphics card that will fit in the pci slot which i know my dell has

 

[Motoxrdude]

Do you know what one it is?

 

[linkman]

Do you know what one it is?

i dont know what specific model it is but my old computer that im using now has the info that i can use to download the software from ati's site

 

[spamdos]

be careful if you are modding, because it can often void warranty

 

[linkman]

be careful if you are modding, because it can often void warranty

thats true do you think i should wait to mod after the warranty has ended its a 1 year warranty

 

[SC7]

Ehh, I wouldn't stick with sub par performance just for a one year warranty. The parts in a Dell are cheap enough to replace if something goes wrong.