A technician and I are trting to put a new PCIcard into a a used Dell computer (dont ahve alll the specs at the moment). When it has almost loaded the software, it keeps reverting back to the old video program. The tech is still working on it. Any ideas?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814133245

Hmmm....

Been a long time since I played with computers, now I only do it when I have to but IIRC Dell stuff is proprietary??????

If that's not the case/problem, does it have onboard video since that has to be disabled, then you get into whether or not the MB will support the card/drivers.

How old is the thing, it may not be worth tinkering with??????

You have to go into bios setup and have it use PCI for primary video instead of on-bard video.

Its not old and its been upgraded, so Im told. It looks new. Ive been trying to gey this together for months. Ive got a PCi and a PCIE card. My tech said I might have to buy a new cpu. Does anyone know the cheapest new one i could get? If i have to pay more than 350 its not worth it since I at least have the inferior FMS simultor already. i saw a computer on sale at office max for 395 but it was real small. HP Pavillion Slimline S5520f Intel Pentium E5300 4gb Pc2-6400 DDr2 ****m 540 gb 7200rpm serial ATA. Could you put a PCI or PCIE in that? The people who sell them dont know.

Do NOT get Slimline anything, or any other super compact chassis along the same likes. These are guaranteed to have proprietary designs requiring special SFF or low-profile components, which even if you can buy off-the-shelf, will be twice the cost due to low production volume.

Get the normal mid-tower, mini-tower, or micro-tower though even these terms are not standardized and can mean whatever the manufacturer wants it to mean. It would be helpful to tell us something more about the Dell. You haven't told us anything of informational value. Might as well have just said "Computer no work, tell me what's wrong."

Since i dont know much about the insides, I cant provide more info. Someome is wroking on this. I suppose most average new full size desk top computers could handle this soft ware. Would that be correct? Ill get the specs from Real flite and go shopping. Thanks

That video card should work in almost any PC still running on the planet. They came out with the PCI versions specifically for older computers that didn't even have AGP! The CPU isn't the problem (as far as video problems). Make sure that PCI video is selected in BIOS (setup), the drivers are loaded and that it is selected as the primary video card in windows if windows recognizes both on-board and PCI card.

RealFlight G4.5/5.0 System Requirements (Recommended):
<ul>[*]Dual Core 2.4GHz CPU[*]2 GB RAM[*]3D Accelerated Video with:
512 MB dedicated video memory
(Pixel Shader 3.0 support) (my note: or better)[/list]From the RealFlight/Knife Edge FAQ:

Q. WHAT GRAPHICS CARDS DO YOU RECOMMEND?

A. Meeting the minimum requirement is not likely to result in a satisfactory experienceRealFlight will run, but at low quality and low frame rates. If your computer has an AGP slot for graphics cards, we recommend the ATI Radeon HD 3850 or NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS (my note: equivalent or better). If your computer has a PCI-e slot for graphics cards, we recommend the ATI Radeon HD 4850 or NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT (My note: equivalent or better). All of these graphics cards are available for less than $200. There are many other graphics cards available for less money than these; here at Knife Edge we use the GeForce 8800 GT, which is available for about $120.

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My note: These are moderately high graphics requirements, which are rarely found or difficult to get on Slimline chassis (due to power, thermal, and space restrictions). The 9800GT and 8800GTmentioned are actually identical. The 9800GTis just a respun 8800GT. The 2.4GHz dual-core requirement could be considered negotiable. i.e. 2.0GHz dual-core CPU would suffice if the other requirements are met

Thanks for all your help. I just bought a uesed HP that runs Real flite. See my post for a new PCIE cheap.