Which video card do i need? so confused.. help is appreciated

[racecar22]

I have a dell gx 270 pc SFF . And it was giving my lcd maximum resolution of 1280 by 1024. however, i got a new lcd screen and i need it to give me 1080 by 1920 resolution. I dont understand which type of video card i will need to give me that. All i know is that the motherboard has a pci slot. I went on ebay and typed "pci video cards" and it showed several results. But they were all different kinds. If anyone has a good idea on this, id really appreciate the help. I want to buy one of ebay because it is much cheaper. I need more than one thats why.

Thanks in advance

EDIT- here is the image of my motherboard slots i have. I am a complete noob, but i think this is pci slot but i may be wrong.

[IMG]http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/7130/videocardslot.jpg[/IMG]

[dimsums]

You have 2 options, the green one is actually the AGP slot, which is a lot more powerful than the white PCI slot (in bandwidth wise), you are also limited by the height as the SFF only takes half height cards, the nearest I can think of is the HD-3450, the 4650 is a much better option but its more expensive as well as more heat, which may cook your computer if not careful.

Heres the info on the HD 3450
http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/graphics/ati-radeon-hd-3000/hd-3400/Pages/ati-radeon-hd-3400-overview.aspx

heres a link to ebay, note the extra low profile bracket included.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-Asus-512MB-Radeon-HD3450-Low-Profile-AGP-PC-Computer-Graphics-Video-Card-/110762994178?pt=UK_Computing_Computer_Components_Graphics_Video_TV_Cards_TW&hash=item19c9fd2a02

[caperjack]

Believe it or these towers were never meant/or built to run a video card ,just to use the onboard video .having said that as lonk as you make so it get more cool air it should be fine . They are at best built to be used in banks and other institutions ,and don't get used hard and usually only ran a 15 inch monitor ,at present i use a optiples 720 and can only get 1680x1050 from the onboard video .

i had a dell 620 sff and it took a pci-e card so i put it in and it kept freezing up ,so i had to drill a bunch of small hole in the side cover ,

[tigerbright]

Hi , I presume you have a wide screen display - I suggest first of all install the display monitor "driver" (really an inf file) this will positively identify the monitor spec to Windows , then set the resolution
the onboard graphics supports to your desired resolution

gx270 SFF specs

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/opgx270/en/ug/specs.htm

i865G chipset

ftp://download.intel.com/design/chipsets/datashts/25251405.pdf

page 13 onboard analogue display support max 2048 x 1536

however for digital out will need a video card but i suggest try the onboard device first - and if ok, spend the money on a good 5.1 video card

[tigerbright]

correction : 5.1 sound card ! doh !

[caperjack]

OP hasn't returned in 12 days ,unless they are gone on a 2 week vacation they likely never will return .

[tigerbright]

ps - regarding your image 256 mainboard gx270 : you won't be viewing anything unless you reconnect the Power Connector 12VConnector (next to the cpu)

[tigerbright]

to caperjack : maybe did not connect the 12v connector ?

[tigerbright]

@ caperjack ; so sad when an OP goes walkies before a post is positively resolved

[caperjack]

to caperjack : maybe did not connect the 12v connector ?

i think they just, maybe disconnect the psu to take the picture ,i guess we'll never know ,unless op returns