Will this Card be Fully Compatible?

[lauxenburg]

Background to the situation:

I got a really cheap computer for $30 (No-OS) and I thought I might give it a try. Its stock specifications are: Pentium 4 @2.4Ghz, 533MHz FSB, 256MB DDR1 RAM, and Intel 845G onboard graphics. It is also running Ubuntu 9.10.

So as you can see, its really quite dated but my needs are pretty basic....so I thought I might do a little upgrade that'll cost about $70-80. I came up with a couple things (actually 2): Memory and a Video Card. I am going to buy 1GB of RAM to bring it to a whopping grand total of 1.25GB.

The main question:

I am looking at buying this video card. It's quite an old card, but I cannot do too much better for my budget. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150107.

This is an 8X Card. I just really want to make sure. Will it function properly or work at all since Dell states its a 4X AGP slot. I have seen somebody with a GX270 and GX280 who has it work. Can I trust that it will work in a GX260 and with Linux?

Thanks so much.

 

[Mousemonkey]

IIRC an x8 AGP card will work in an x4 slot but an x4 card will not work or fit in an x8 slot.

 

[Mousemonkey]

Double post

 

[cookies]

Depending on what you want to use your computer for, you may want to upgrade to a cheap newer system for around $200.

Coming from a guy that used to play several older games (and some newer) on a P4 1.8ghz Dell with a ti4400 AGP 8x (stuck at 4x due to the slot), an upgrade is well worth the money on the game front. It'll do leaps and bounds for normal everyday tasks too, but to a lesser degree. Make sure whatever you look at is AGP, and the older (less directx support) the better.

 

[lauxenburg]

I am I gues what you call an everyday user, but a little more. Not really a gamer, but I would like to have to capability to run some graphical applications.

I considered getting a new system, but I HAVE a computer, and it isn't really a piece of crap. Its either a Northwood or Prescott Pentium 4 (cannot remember).

Plus, Ubuntu is not very power hungry at all, so I think this is the right choice.

Guarenteed the card will work?

 

[Mousemonkey]

So long as you are sure that that board has an AGP slot, then I'm pretty sure you should be good to go.

 

[lauxenburg]

I got the parts about a month ago now, and plopped them in. Took about 5 minutes total. Complete Plug and Play. Only thing I needed was a driver for Ubuntu, but that took a whole total of 30 seconds to get and install.

Just replying because other people might have a similar question and they don't want to go through what I did. =)