Dell X300 Video Card PCI D33A27 Radeon P5288

[GeezerMan]

I need to install the cheapest video card into a friend's PC by tomorrow for his work PC. Just need a basic card, no gaming. I found a Dell X300 SE128MB Video Card PCI D33A27 Radeon P5288 locally for around 15.00.
Seller said it's for Dell only, and I'm like, "huh?"
Is there any reason why this would not work on any PC? May be a dumb question. Here's a link to one like it. Thanks


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[imported_Kiwi]

Nope. Dell doesn't have anything special done to its desktop GPUs/ VPUs to make them proprietary. Plain PCI is universal, but it's also practically the worst that there is these days, with even Intel finally getting on the Vista Dx10 on-ramp, after dragging its heels for close to ten years before adding hardware support of 3D. Currently available onboard video from ATI and nVidia is superior in speed, at least, to plain PCI-anything.

 

[GeezerMan]

OK, thanks. It's actually a PCI-E card, the link has it as a PCI.