Mike Cloaked wrote:
The 8400GS is PCI-e and won't fit in this old Dell Dimension 2400 - but I have bought one of those for my other problematic Intel integrated graphics machine (see below). In this case (Dimension 2400) even with only 2d working it is better than not working at all with Intel Integrated graphics (except with Vesa)! So even with limited support it is infinitely better than without it. This is an old machine and hails from the 2003 era so a graphics card from the same era (where only slots are PCI and not PCI-e) is quite a good choice - and that is why I bought it.
I don't actually need 3d for that machine but I may try the legacy nvidia driver (rpmfusion) at a later stage. The way it is now with the new card the machine works and there is no need for messing with xorg at all.
I have a newer machine (only a few years old) Dell Dimension 5150 with 82945 integrated graphics and I bought a newer PCI-e nvidia graphics card (8400GS) for that though I have not yet installed it in that machine, as it has been needed for
I have now had a few minutes to install the 8400GS nvidia card (PCI-e) in the Dimension 5150 - it works like a charm with kmod-nvidia installed from rpmfusion, and fixes all issues that I previously had with the integrated graphics. glxgears now runs at around 2600 fps, powersave works properly again, and this is now a nice responsive machine .... and I have the choice of 3d if I wish.
Hopefully this machine will now last a while yet and work without having hassles - and when KMS is eventually sorted out for Intel Integrated graphics I even have the opportunity to have twin screens later!