Zotac ZT-52FPC2N-HSL 5200 PCI 256 MB 128-Bit DDR1 4 250/333 S-Video Card

I have a few years old eMachines with Intel on board graphics. It doesn't support the newer widescreen LCD monitors optimal display settings - in my case, I bought a new Dell S2309W. I purchased this Zotac GeForce 5200 PCI from Amazon a few weeks ago. The card itself came well packaged, and offers the VGA, DVI and S-Video inputs in a PCI format (not PCI-E) with plenty of on board memory. It was easy enough to plug into an empty slot and install the drivers. The included CD actually had the latest nVidia drivers, a bit of a surprise (and later on, a frustration).

When the Dell 23" widescreen monitor showed up, it included both VGA and DVI connections and cables. Naturally, DVI provides the better connection, and connect away I did. The PC optimally set the display to the 1920 x 1080 resolution. At that point, the screen sprang to life, and what a beautiful display. Only ... the graphics card can't scale to that resolution. It offers it, but the result is you see...Read more

easy to install and it works well. whether or not the lack of a fan will be a problem remains to be seen.