I have a Dell Dimension 8300 w/ NVIDIA GT 6600 128 MB

Looking to upgrade if I need to replace this thing

Any 256MB cards out there for a decent price?

I know you need more info...what do you need and where do i find it

11/30/2011 3:38:29 PM

Just a guess, it's an AGP video card.

Cheap option:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814134076

Any more money spent than that and you should just upgrade the computer for cheap:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.775874

[Edited on November 30, 2011 at 3:50 PM. Reason : wrong link]

11/30/2011 3:48:38 PM

That card looks good to me thanks Prospero and yes, it is AGP


From my post in Entertainment:

Quote :

"Got 1.8 and experienced an error where the screen goes black (monitor turns off) and my computer becomes unresponsive as soon as i get from the menu into the game. Upgraded my video card drivers and same thing happens. Upgraded to Minecraft 1.9 and the same thing happens. Looked on google for forum posts and people dont seem to know why this is happening. Any ideas??"

[Edited on November 30, 2011 at 6:24 PM. Reason : New card?]

11/30/2011 6:20:13 PM

Just for kicks, try a non-Mincraft 3D accelerated game and let us know if your have problems.

11/30/2011 6:38:56 PM

Guess I better find one and load it up

11/30/2011 7:28:27 PM

installed 1.0 and getting the same problem

12/1/2011 2:09:32 PM

install 47.193 and tell us how it goes

12/2/2011 6:01:43 PM

^ SIA

Downloaded EVGA Precision, increased Java's available RAM. Ran Minecraft in non full screen mode and it lasted much longer. Started a game in a New World (since my old one was deleted when I had to reboor after the freeze). This New World was actually the one I had just lost so I was happy about that, but before I acted on the thought to save, it crashed again after a couple of minutes. So who knows if it'll be there when I return. I assume the video card is done for (seems like its overheating). Is there a possibility the card just thinks its overheating?

12/4/2011 11:59:01 AM

I'm surprised your Dimension 8300 has lasted this long

I once had one and tried to upgrade its AGP card from the stock NVIDIA to an ATI

It did not work well

Then some time after I got my current laptop, earlier this year, I slapped Windows 7 on the old one and gave it away to my little sister

then it was bronken in transit

12/4/2011 12:37:04 PM

It's been good to me for years. I bought it from a kid off here for like $200 or something like that. It's got 4GB of RAM and the video card is decent so it does everything I want it to do.

12/4/2011 2:37:55 PM

Is Tech Talk broken?

12/4/2011 9:19:36 PM

the amount of money you spend for the agp premium (on a new card) is virtually what you'd spend to build a replacement that has better onboard graphics. it would be worth your time to look into one of those. for instance, all amd chipsets with the 4250 graphics will far out perform the 6600 in your machine now.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135258
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103953
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233192

if you buy those 3 together, you'll have better performance than any agp card you can find for the same price, unless you get lucky on a forum or ebay.

12/5/2011 12:54:47 AM

don't waste your money on that, at that price point he'd be better off with the APU integrated graphics

12/5/2011 1:09:19 AM

the apu is another $40, the price of a decent 2 gen back good gpu or current low power gpu

12/5/2011 10:23:14 AM

It's $21 less, $9 more AR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103955
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157277

and it's DX11

[Edited on December 5, 2011 at 10:55 AM. Reason : /]

12/5/2011 10:54:20 AM

well i'll be damned, I guess my l2 cache filters skewed my findings.

12/5/2011 1:21:17 PM