I have A Dell Poweredge.

[pinghq]

I am sitting on a Dell PowerEdge 1900. And am in need of a video card that will play new games. any one know of something that will go on this Motherboard. NO PCI-e

OS: XP SP3
Motherboard : Dell PowerEdge 1900
Motherboard Chip set: Intel Blackford 5000P
System memory : 3328 MB (DDR2-667 Fully Buffered ECC DDR2 SDRAM)
Cpu Type: 2x DualCore Intel Xeon 5160, 3000 MHz (9 x 333)

more info:
DMI Motherboard Manufacturer............ Dell Inc.
DMI Motherboard Product.............. 0NF911
DMI Motherboard Version ................... A01
DMI Chassis Manufacturer.............. Dell Inc.
DMI Chassis Serial Number .................... 8WNB9C1

 

[smiler3k]

Forget it that is a server machine and has no video upgradeability

 

[pinghq]

But I have gone this far...

This lets me play and watch stuff. When i first Started using this Server Video was disabled and so was sound now its my day comp. So if anyone out there still believes in this Server please help me out.

Display:
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 (Microsoft Corporation) (128 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Monitor Dell 2405FPW (Analog) [24" LCD] (T613358N2NGS)

 

[smiler3k]

Just a quick thought it does have a pci-e x8 slot so you might be able to use that

 

[pinghq]

pci-e x8 is both pci and pci-e?

 

[smiler3k]

No pci-e comes in x1, x2 ,x4 ,x8 ,x12 and x16 types.
you have 2 choices, if your x8 slot has an open end it will physically accept a pci-e x16 card but work at x8 speed (still much faster than pci or agp) or get a x8 graphics card wich may be hard to find but i do believe theyre about.
Check out this link it tells you all about your machine http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/pe1900/en/hom/html/install.htm

 

[pinghq]

So Big one under small black ones right?

 

[pinghq]

Nvm looks like one of the small black ones are it but will a pci express card fit?

 

[pinghq]

Cool i see I found a card with PCIe 1x too lol. Thanks alot.

 

[smiler3k]

You found a graphics card to fit in a x1 slot?

 

[pinghq]

Any good one know of good ones I can Buy?

Not sure where to begin to find a decent one. ?

 

[pinghq]

You found a graphics card to fit in a x1 slot?

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2484224&CatId=3594

I think this is a card...

 

[pinghq]

http://www.orbitmicro.com/global/arc1-08x16-x8-p-8226.html?ref=base

Will this work for me?

 

[crazy pyro]

That would work but it's a workstation card which would give you crap performance.
Please stop double posting, there's an edit button for a reason.
The adapter should do the job if the case is large enough, you also need to bear in mind that the x8 slot will limit the bandwidth for the card.

 

[smiler3k]

That card on tigerdirect should work but you need to make sure it has vga or dvi connections or you wont be able to connect your monitor and as for the x8 - x16 converter it most likely will work but will make the card slightly larger than standard.

 

[smiler3k]

Check this out http://www.directron.com/h435f512ep.html

 

[Beertintedgoggles]

You could always cut out the end of one of those pcie slots to accept an 16x card. I did that in a Poweredge 2950 server that only had a 4x slot.... worked fine with the 9800GT I fit in there to fold 24/7.

 

[insane 360]

so you know, that 2400 will just barely let you game...so if you get it, just be prepared to play at 800x600 or at most 1024x768

the x8 slot should work just fine for x16 (at least i thought its physically the same slot) it would just run at x8

then you could get a 4670 from ati and you would be good for some moderate gaming without spending too much

 

[pinghq]

Sweet thx.

 

[davide]

hi all,
you've been a kind of guide! i found a cheap dell poweredge 1900 and i tried to upgrade the graphic card... everybody say "dude, it's impossible" or "just an old low profile"... but i did it!

i installed an ati radeon hd3470 512mb on a pci x4 (phisically x8) and a geforge gt 730 2gb on the pci x8 bay, i don't know why but win only starts in this configuration, the video signal is from the radeon.

i installed the geforce drivers, win recognize the geforce output as second monitor, then i simply switched the primary/second monitor order. that's it!

the only bad thing is that the radeon must be installed at all, or the result is the famous blank screen after bios check.

Now i can play starcraft 2 hots with high graphic details with a noisy, old, 0€ paid server! and i don't even need a sound card because of the hdmi!

i know this post is 5yo, but guys thank you anyway!

davide

 

[dorsetknob]

Welcome to TPU

You should have started a new thread for this ! Rather than resurrecting and hijacking a 5 year old thread.

Still

Has your Dell got on board graphics as well as the
ati radeon hd3470 512mb
you also have a geforce gt 730 2gb

first of all
In order to help you we need to know the spec of this pc
also
ATI and Nvidia Mixed graphics dont play well with the drivers that's going to be a stability problem

 

[davide]

Thank you for reply!
I don't need help, I simply post how I solved the problem for gpu upgrading on dell poweredge 1900... I do it just because it is impossible to find a solution on the web... If anyone else will do that and search on Google, will find this solution (trust me, there are guys who are looking for that).

I have a dell poweredge 1900
Factory mobo
2x Intel Xeon 5050 3ghz
8gb fully buffered Ecc ram 667
It has got an integrated vga (16 or 32mb)...
Not ready for rubbish yet!

I turned it into a mid-performance regular desktop pc following the instructions I posted above.

 

[shmadul]

Hey could someone help me im getting the famous blank screen after bios check i tried to install a nvidia gt 720 in the pci e X 8 slot i have also tried the pci e x 4 slot and i have tried removing the drac 5 remote management card with no luck
thanks
Mason

 

[Jetster]

Quit hijacking threads. Start a new one. Then in your first post list all your specs

 

[shmadul]

i just need to know what im doing wrong