My Dell Dimension E310 graphics are integrated and there's no PCI Express slot to put in a video card, just PCI slots. Do PCI video card work that well? Would they run vista's graphics well? Are they decent for gaming? Is it worth upgrading and are their other options?|||You do have a PCI Express X1 slot on there. If that's not being used, there are a couple video cards for it.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLis…
PCI Express X1 has about twice the throughput of PCI. PCI cards do exist though. The PCI cards seem to have better GPUs in them.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLis…
Are you sure you even want to bother? You're really due for a better system.|||Generally PCI graphics cards are, by todays standards, ancient. I doubt they could even run Vista's Aero graphics that well, if at all. And they most definitely will not perform for gaming.
If you want more graphics power, your only option is to get a new motherboard that supports PCI Express (or AGP, but even that's old now). If you're not comfortable taking computers apart, a new PC is the way to go.
As to if it's worth upgrading, that's up to you and how much you're willing to spend. If you game a lot or use graphics intensive applications, then it is probably worth the effort to upgrade. If this is just something you'd like but won't use that much, you should probably pass. For a somewhat decent motherboard and graphics card, I'd say you're looking at £200 minimum. New PC about £500+.|||PCI slots are the weakest but if they are the only ones available it will be fine to use. it probably isn't worth upgrading, though. you might be better off saving up for a new system instead of throwing $50 away on a new, bad PCI video card.|||Well PCI slots work, but they dont give u the bandwidth
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