Hi I found this thread looking for a similar graphics card upgrade, I am thinking on upgrading a HP Pavilion Slimline s5230la, the specs are over here:
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=bg&destPage=document&docname=c01861152, this is an Intel Core 2 Duo E7500, with 4 Gb RAM, Integrated graphics using Intel GMA 3100, and 220W power supply.
Do you think I might be able to use this particular card:
http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?cid=1&gid=3&sgid=918&pid=317&psn=&lid=1&leg=0
I probably wont use any heavy graphics game, maybe just google earth, some light video editing, and normal web browsing.. My main motivation is to use 2 monitors, using the dvi connector and the second hdmi out with an hdmi to dvi to connect the second monitor, with a low profile connection, which I guess requires me to ditch the vga out connector.
The machine has 1 PCI Express x16 slot for graphics card / 2 PCI Express x1 slots / 1 PCI slot (which is anyway blocked by the power supply, I believe)
The included tv tuner card is apparently using the pci express x16 slot, but i think i should be able to shift it to a free pci express port.
Thanks for any indication or suggestion anyone could give me.