The Dell Dimension 3000 has no PCI-e slot. This question about Dimension 3000 is asked several times a day on Dell's Support Forums at forums.us.dell.com Also, in the FAQ at the top of that site's Dimension Video forum, is a list of all graphics cards compatible with the Dim 3000.

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Did you buy the card yet? As long as you don't plan on using it for games, 64-bit will be OK, otherwise, you should be getting a 128-bit card. 64-bit cards are about 40% slower. From Tom's Hardware: "...potential gamers should also steer clear of graphics cards that use a 64 Bit memory bus..." "...if possible it should come with 128MB of local video memory and a 128 Bit memory bus - at least if you're planning to use the computer for a game every now and then." This space for rent

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Counter strike: source... It's very jolty apart from in certain areas, then it runs full speed. Does that mean it wouldn't help, or would it run properly if I got this card?

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It would help if you stated exactly what video card you wanna buy. You already said that it uses 64-bit memory, so based on that fact alone, I would advise you NOT to get it. Decent PCI gaming cards are few & far between...graphics manufacturer's have all but abandoned the PCI format. The only systems that don't have an AGP or PCI-e slot these days are low end OEM machines (Dell, eMachine, HP/Compaq, etc). And anyone that buys one of these crappy systems thinking they're gonna game with them end up in the same boat as you. There really are only 2 choices left in PCI cards that support DX9 & use 128-bit memory....the FX5200 (about $60) or the FX5500 (about $100). If it doesn't state 128-bit memory in the product description, don't buy it! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814145055 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814133134 This space for rent

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I'm wondering to you have a Pentium 4 3ghz or a Celeron D 3ghz? If you have a Celeron D 3ghz and you are playing some intense games ontop of the video card you have now then those 2 things could be the problem. AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 2GB Dual Channel DDR 3200 Nvidia 6800GT SATA II 250gig 7200rpm 8mb cache Gigabyte Nforce 4 SLI

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Also make sure what voltage your pci slots are and what that video card supports in voltage. My old pci slot was a slower voltage then my pci graphics card I bought would support so I ran into conflict until I got a video card that would support my pci voltage. AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 2GB Dual Channel DDR 3200 Nvidia 6800GT SATA II 250gig 7200rpm 8mb cache Gigabyte Nforce 4 SLI

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Jam, the card is an FX 5200. Is that a good thing?

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