Graphics card compatible with old VIA Pentium D PC

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My father in law finally got tired of the terrible image quality on his monitor, apparently an incompatibility with the S3 graphics core. His PC has a Pentium D and (I think) an ASUS P5VD2-MX motherboard. I'd like to buy a discrete graphics card (cheapest, just to get a decent 2D image), but wondering about compatibility. I was thinking of buying a GeForce 8400GS card. Anyone know if that would be compatible? Thanks.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Any cheap PCI-E card should work. An 8400GS should be fine, I have a 7300 GS in my Dell at work.

 

[Vette73]

Yea that chipset should work with any PCIe video card.

Just go to newegg and serach for cards with rebates and get the newwest one that is $15 or less AR

Update the BIOS to the newwest of course.

 

[bryanW1995]

Any cheap PCI-E card should work. An 8400GS should be fine, I have a 7300 GS in my Dell at work.

Haha, I have a 7300 GT as my backup card. It's even fanless!

 

[LiuKangBakinPie]

Does that pc have a Pci-e slot?

 

[Joseph F]

^ Yes, it does. He linked to the motherboard that he has and it has PCI-E.

 

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Thanks, everyone. Sounds like it's safe to order this card.