Hello All, and thankyou in advance for any help with my dilema. This may seem a simple question to some but as a technophobe what i know about Graphics cards acn be written on the back of a stamp. (Q) Will this graphics card - SAPPHIRE Radeon™ HD 2400PRO PCI-E work in this/my PC - HP Pavilion Media Center a1629.uk Desktop PC?. Card DETAILS SAPPHIRE Radeon™ HD 2400PRO PCI-E Product Spec 180 million transistors on 65nm fabrication process 64-bit DDR2 memory interface Unified Superscalar Shader Architecture Full support for Microsoft® DirectX® 10 Dynamic Geometry Acceleration Anti-aliasing features Texture filtering features CrossFire™ Multi-GPU Technology ATI Avivo™ HD Video and Display Platform PCI-E 16X bus interface Computer System Details HP Pavilion Media Center a1629.uk Desktop PC Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 with Update Rollup 2 Microsoft Service Pack 3 Base processor PentiumD 820 (S) DC 2.8 GHz 800 MHz front side bus Socket 775 Chipset ATI Radeon Xpress 200 for Intel Processors Motherboard Manufacturer: ECS Motherboard Name: RC410-M HP/Compaq motherboard name: Asterope3-GL8E Memory Installed 2 GB Maximum allowed 2 GB (2 x 1 GB) Speed supported PC2-4200 MB/sec Type 240 pin, DDR2 SDRAM Hard Drive 300 GB SATA 7200 rpm CD/ROM (2x) 16X DVD(+/-)R/RW RAM (+/-)R DL drive Slots PCI Three (Three available) PCI Express x16 One (One available) Video Graphics Integrated graphics Sound/Audio Integrated High Definition audio Realtek ALC 888 chipset Supports up to 8 audio channels Dolby Pro Logic II compatible. Many Thanks again for any help :)

How many watts is your PSU? Sorry if it's up there, I just can't see it.

Hi MiyuEmi, Thanks for the response, Quote: "How many watts is your PSU? Sorry if it's up there, I just can't see it". (A) It's 300 watt

Here's your motherboard: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/... What is the purpose of this upgrade? Gaming? The HD 2400PRO PCI-E card will work, but it's not a very good card, especially given the fact that it uses 64-bit GDDR2 memory. And as MiyuEmi eluded to...your power supply must be adequate. Your best bet would be a Radeon HD 4670. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews...

Hello Jam, CAD, Graphic design type programmes only, no games, the card is practically new and came for free so if it's workable on my system id like to stick with it, you mention quote: "especially given the fact that it uses 64-bit GDDR2 memory" is this going to cause me problems or is there anything else you can advise me to do/upgrade on the system before installing it? I appreciate your help

I would advise you to go ahead and install the card and drivers for it. Then if your computer will not start up right, or starts blue screening, then upgrade the power supply. The card will fit in your motherboard. You may not see the kind of performance boost you may be looking for. Your current onboard graphics uses mostly system memory to perform its functions. Increasing the amount of system memory dedicated to the graphics card may also increase the graphics performance. That may, or may not be possible on your system but would be worth checking. That setting is in the BIOS (setup) screens.

Thanks for the advice OtheHill, I'll give it go, and see what happens. Thanks Chris