Will a cheap graphics card fix this problem?

[Lemonade1947]

My dad has an old dell, which he's just started using for a reason i wont go into now.

anyway, all he uses it for is youtube and watching tv on a tv card.

however, we've noticed that youtube is quite stuttery.

the computer in question was originally an office one, so has hardly any graphics grunt.


is this what's causing youtube to be stuttery, and would a £20 graphics card solve the problem?

can anyone recommend a PCI (note: not pcie) graphics card for around that price?

if not, does anyone have any other suggestions?

 

[MeatLoaf]

How much memory does it have?

 

[jamiehavok]

i didn't think there would be any pci gfx cards available these days but remarkably i found a pci nvidia 610 that will be fine for youtube vids (you will have to google it due to ocuk rules) - the rest of them probably wont handle youtube vids very well at least not hd ones, as they're really old!

 

[Trojan Horse]

if i were you id just open it up, clean it, reinstall windows and get an SSD and then maybe get a cheap pci gpu.

 

[Lemonade1947]

it had a fresh winXP install today. It has 2GB of ram

so are you guys saying this would probably fix the problem?

 

[Danny75]

I often use an old PC for browsing with an Nvidia fanless 8400GS card which has served me well over the years. Plays Youtube, movies, no problem. Even light gaming at times. Nowadays it's available for £20. A more modern GT 210 would be even slightly better.

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce 8400 GS 512MB Passive GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card (512-P3-1301-KR) £20.99
1 x EVGA GeForce GT 210 Low Profile Passive 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card (01G-P3-1313-KR) £19.99
Total : £50.58 (includes shipping : £8.00)




P.S. What processor does it have?

And sorry, didn't notice it was PCI you wanted, not PCI-E.

 

[Christmas themed thank]

I often use an old PC for browsing with an Nvidia fanless 8400GS card which has served me well over the years. Plays Youtube, movies, no problem. Even light gaming at times. Nowadays it's available for £20. A more modern GT 210 would be even slightly better.

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce 8400 GS 512MB Passive GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card (512-P3-1301-KR) £20.99
1 x EVGA GeForce GT 210 Low Profile Passive 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card (01G-P3-1313-KR) £19.99
Total : £50.58 (includes shipping : £8.00)

Did you even read the OP?

 

[Danny75]

Did you even read the OP?

Just a bit slow today.

 

[Admetos]

What graphics card is installed at the moment. When I last looked, the fastest PCI card Nvidia made was the 6 series ones.