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(7 customer reviews) 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Good upgrade to older systems with on-board controllers,
January 7, 2012 CornNugget - See all my reviews
This review is from: PNY GeForce 8400GS 512MB DDR3 PCI DVI+VGA+HDMI Low Profile Graphics Card VCG84512D3SPPB (Personal Computers)
Installed this card on an old Dell Dimension 2400. Went from using one monitor at 1280x768 to using two, one at 1920x1080(DVI) and the other at 1280x768(VGA).
This card is a good upgrade to older systems that already meet your needs except that they could use more monitor space. I primarily wanted to get dual monitor functionality and wanted my new 27" to run at 1920x1080. This card satisfied both of those needs perfectly and has extended the life of my antique Dimension 2400 by several years. I am using this for regular applications, I can't attest to how games perform. After disabling the on-board graphics controller there may also be some performance gains as well, i'm not sure yet. Keep in mind, this card is for PCI slots, not PCI-express, which makes it perfect for older systems that only have PCI slots.
There may be some difficulties with the install. At first, I plugged the card in and got a blank screen once Windows started. I then rebooted and started in...Read more
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
PNY GeForce 8400GS,
October 13, 2011 GIBSON - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PNY GeForce 8400GS 512MB DDR3 PCI DVI+VGA+HDMI Low Profile Graphics Card VCG84512D3SPPB (Personal Computers)
This installs in an 8 year old PATA computer with no problems. The drivers and control programs worked as they should and it adjusted my VGA monitor for the best picture image for my 3 year old monitor. I want to try it with HDMI as money permits.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Worthwhile Upgrade for Old System w/ Some Caveats,
March 9, 2012 Nick Tropiano (Havertown, PA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: PNY GeForce 8400GS 512MB DDR3 PCI DVI+VGA+HDMI Low Profile Graphics Card VCG84512D3SPPB (Personal Computers)
PC is an ancient Dell Dimension 3000 with a 2.4 Celeron running XP SP2, 32 bit - slow, I know, a dinosaur in 2012. But you know what? It's extremely stable, runs my apps - in fact (knock on wood), this is one of the most stable systems I've ever owned... it just a reliable workhorse for the years I've owned it, and there's something to be said for that. I'm the opposite of the early adapter. Not a gamer, but I do use an older version of Adobe Premier for video editing, along with an old version of Photoshop and some other "not the latest and greatest" but still powerful and stable graphic/media apps. Thought a new graphics card would help improve video playback esp. previews in Premier, which were choppy (but I learned to live with it) at higher res.
Bottom line if you're considering this card:
1. It works on my PC with 250 stock power supply, no problems (thus far) although the card specs specify a minimum of 300W. YMMV.
2. My Dell was incapable of playing...Read more
