Can I run geforce 210 on acpi x86 board?

[Neferpitou]

Hello I want to upgrade the video card on my PC on very low budget. Sorry i know this PC is very bad. I want to give this to my younger brother so he can play better. Im not sure if geforce 210 will run on my board. any advice would be greatly appreciated

full specs
http://valid.canardpc.com/i4fbvl

 

[clutchc]

If it is a GT 210: http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-210
...it will work on any MB that has a PCIe X16 expansion slot. Be sure to install the latest gfx driver for it and the OS he's using.
http://www.geforce.com/drivers

 

[Neferpitou]

If it is a GT 210: http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-210
...it will work on any MB that has a PCIe X16 expansion slot. Be sure to install the latest gfx driver for it and the OS he's using.
http://www.geforce.com/drivers

is GT 210 works best with my board? or is there other graphics card that will suit best with that PC. thanks in advance.

 

[hang-the-9]

If it is a GT 210: http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-210
...it will work on any MB that has a PCIe X16 expansion slot. Be sure to install the latest gfx driver for it and the OS he's using.
http://www.geforce.com/drivers

is GT 210 works best with my board? or is there other graphics card that will suit best with that PC. thanks in advance.

I can't see the link due to it being blocked, but pretty much any card is better than the GT 210. What is the CPU and RAM on the system? Case size? How much can you spend?

 

[clutchc]

If it is a GT 210: http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-210
...it will work on any MB that has a PCIe X16 expansion slot. Be sure to install the latest gfx driver for it and the OS he's using.
http://www.geforce.com/drivers

is GT 210 works best with my board? or is there other graphics card that will suit best with that PC. thanks in advance.

Sorry, I was under the impression you were giving your brother the GT 210 so you could upgrade to a better card.
No, the GT 210 is not what I would recommend. As hang-the-9 says, state some specs and your budget. If you have a small stock PSU, you will be limited to a low end card. So let us know that too. And is your case full size or slim line?

 

[Neferpitou]

If it is a GT 210: http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-210
...it will work on any MB that has a PCIe X16 expansion slot. Be sure to install the latest gfx driver for it and the OS he's using.
http://www.geforce.com/drivers

is GT 210 works best with my board? or is there other graphics card that will suit best with that PC. thanks in advance.

Sorry, I was under the impression you were giving your brother the GT 210 so you could upgrade to a better card.
No, the GT 210 is not what I would recommend. As hang-the-9 says, state some specs and your budget. If you have a small stock PSU, you will be limited to a low end card. So let us know that too. And is your case full size or slim line?

sorry im wrong. i want to upgrade my brothers CPU i have 66$ to spend on. Do i need to upgrade some parts too besides the graphics card.

 

[clutchc]

Wow, That is old and slow. Here is a list of processors that the MB socket will accept: http://www.cpu-world.com/Sockets/Socket%20478%20%28mPGA478B%29.html
But I would not recommend investing any money in upgrading the CPU, because any improvement would be marginal.

Instead, go for the best gfx card you can afford. Unfortunately, I don't believe that MB even has a PCIe expansion slot for graphics. So the GT 210 would not fit. I believe the MB is so old it has an AGP slot for a graphics card. Can you verify that for me?

 

[hang-the-9]

If that is a P4 system, don't spend money on a video card for it. Find a used Core 2 Duo tower with a 2.3 gig + CPU in it, make sure the power supply is close to 300 watts if not higher. That should be about $100 locally to you. Ebay and such will probably be more.

Later on you can look for a video card for the system.

 

[Neferpitou]

Wow, That is old and slow. Here is a list of processors that the MB socket will accept: http://www.cpu-world.com/Sockets/Socket%20478%20%28mPGA478B%29.html
But I would not recommend investing any money in upgrading the CPU, because any improvement would be marginal.

Instead, go for the best gfx card you can afford. Unfortunately, I don't believe that MB even has a PCIe expansion slot for graphics. So the GT 210 would not fit. I believe the MB is so old it has an AGP slot for a graphics card. Can you verify that for me?

PCI slot.

 

[clutchc]

Wow, That is old and slow. Here is a list of processors that the MB socket will accept: http://www.cpu-world.com/Sockets/Socket%20478%20%28mPGA478B%29.html
But I would not recommend investing any money in upgrading the CPU, because any improvement would be marginal.

Instead, go for the best gfx card you can afford. Unfortunately, I don't believe that MB even has a PCIe expansion slot for graphics. So the GT 210 would not fit. I believe the MB is so old it has an AGP slot for a graphics card. Can you verify that for me?

PCI slot.

Verify that you are talking the correct slot. They run in this order from fastest to slowest:
PCIe X16
AGP
PCI

Here's what they look like: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e4DD93bOTbI/Uf3qCa0Lz0I/AAAAAAAAAEY/R3hpq4ynLI0/s1600/Choosing-a-Video-Card-Part-1.jpg

 

[Neferpitou]

If that is a P4 system, don't spend money on a video card for it. Find a used Core 2 Duo tower with a 2.3 gig + CPU in it, make sure the power supply is close to 300 watts if not higher. That should be about $100 locally to you. Ebay and such will probably be more.

Later on you can look for a video card for the system.

Wow, That is old and slow. Here is a list of processors that the MB socket will accept: http://www.cpu-world.com/Sockets/Socket%20478%20%28mPGA478B%29.html
But I would not recommend investing any money in upgrading the CPU, because any improvement would be marginal.

Instead, go for the best gfx card you can afford. Unfortunately, I don't believe that MB even has a PCIe expansion slot for graphics. So the GT 210 would not fit. I believe the MB is so old it has an AGP slot for a graphics card. Can you verify that for me?

PCI slot.

Verify that you are talking the correct slot. They run in this order from fastest to slowest:
PCIe X16
AGP
PCI

Here's what they look like: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e4DD93bOTbI/Uf3qCa0Lz0I/AAAAAAAAAEY/R3hpq4ynLI0/s1600/Choosing-a-Video-Card-Part-1.jpg

the PCIe x16

 

[clutchc]

PCIe X16? OK. Can you read the nameplate on the side of the power supply? I'd like to know one more thing. The rating of the +12V rail.