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louisboy6
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_ 		2. March 2008 @ 08:38 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
my computer is a dell dimension 2400 and i recently upgraded to vista home basic. ever since my screen resolution has been stuck on 640 by 480 pixels. This really annoys me... any help ???
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louisboy6
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_ 		2. March 2008 @ 11:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
BTW i do not know what graphics card i have but it was the default 1 that came already installed
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jony218
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_ 		2. March 2008 @ 12:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
According to what I could find, the computer you have has a integrated video card and no agp slot (to upgrade). The video card shares main memory with the computer (and some of the dells 2400 only came out with 256mb of system memory).

Vista even the basic version require at least midlevel video cards to work properly. Maybe you can find better drivers for your dell built-in graphics card.




quote from a 2004 review on dell 2400
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 and the integrated Intel Extreme (845GV) chip set borrows from the system's main memory, inhibiting graphics performance. In our 3D gaming tests
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there website doesn't show any vista drivers available
http://support.dell.com/support/download...=NAA&hidlang=en
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ddp
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_ 		2. March 2008 @ 13:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Technical Overview link
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/sy...m_en/techov.htm
Technical Specifications link
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/sy...sm_en/specs.htm
intel site only has drivers upto xp pro for that video card.
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louisboy6
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_ 		2. March 2008 @ 14:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Would a NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT Video Card work? and should it fix the resolution?
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ddp
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_ 		2. March 2008 @ 17:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
as long as it is a pci card & not a pci/e card as you do not have a pci/e 16x slot
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louisboy6
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_ 		3. March 2008 @ 11:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i found a PCI graphics card but it did not work on vista... Does anyone know a good graphics card to get that works on vista? i can only go up to around £50 though.
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ddp
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_ 		3. March 2008 @ 12:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i think you are going to be out of luck with that pc. you might be better off saving up to buy & build a better pc.
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GrandpaBW
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_ 		3. March 2008 @ 22:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'd dump the Vista, in a heartbeat, and go back to XP.
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