Friday, April 27, 2012

Is the Leadtek GT220 1gb 128bit graphics card compatible with the dell optiplex 740 ?

AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+ 2.6Ghz



http://web.amd.com/en-us/partners/dell/docs/opti_740techspecs.pdf|||First is this the card you are looking at? See the link below.



http://www.leadtek.com/eng/3d_graphic/ov…



If you own the Minitower yes. You have a PCI Express x 16 slot and a 305 watt PSU. The GT 220 requires a 300 watt PSU. Plus if I can run a EVGA GT 220 in an older Dell Dimension 8400 you should have no problem. Now not so sure about the Desktop version. You have the PCI Express x 16 slot for the card but only a 280 watt PSU. This really should not be a problem though. I have run a EVGA 9600 in the same Dell tower I wrote above and it requires a 400 watt PSU and the Dell only has a 350 watt one. Nothing has blown up yet. Thing that is confusing me is this is stated at the link you gave:



One low-profile on board

Riser Option*: Combo x16/PCI Riser

* One low profile PCI slot remains available on board when riser is in-



Now that is a low profile card and if you need to use the low profile bracket you will lose the VGA connection. Not a problem if you need the VGA because you can buy a DVI to VGA converter. Thing is I do not understand all that Riser stuff. If I could see the inside of that computer I could tell right off. You will have to sort that part out for yourself. Hope this helps. Good Luck.

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