Compaq PCI or AGP? Evo 510 SFF

[Atarithejedi]

Hello all I have a Compaq Evo 510 which I have cleaned up. Replaced bad caps, added sound card, maxed out 2G of RAM, and have a Raydeon 9200GC. I like the GC but, unfortunately, it's too tall, and I have to get a low profile. I was wondering if I can get an AGP for it or should I look for PCI only? I will be running old games late 80's to very early 2000's so 3d isn't a must. What is a must is that I can be able to put the shell back on the machine to prevent dust etc.

Thanks,😎

[TheOldMan]

From what I found, that PC has a AGP slot, so no PCI.

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi, @Atarithejedi 

Below is the link to the HP Quickspecs for the d510 model series which provides a good deal of info about what hardware it supports.

1172888.pdf (archive.org)

I had one of those PC's many years ago, and I recommend you look for a Nvidia GT 6200 low profile AGP 4x graphics card which also has support for Windows 7, or one of the AGP graphics cards listed in the Quickspecs.

Another option would be the AMD Radeon 9600 Low profile AGP card.

You're going to need to find one that comes with the low-profile mounting bracket.

[Atarithejedi]

So with some of the older cards it seems easier but it's hard for me to figure out what's considered a low profile and what isn't Just based on looking at the internet. Some cards will say it most do not seem to. I'm also a little nervous cuz some of the cards have fans on them The heat sink is fine The one I have in there has a heat sink right now and everything fits but there's not a lot of room for anything else. Currently I have a Radeon 9200. It would seem to fit fine except it does have a bit of a odd L shape which part of it sticks up. Not something I could slip into the riser card either. Also would 256 megabyte be a little bit on the overkill side for this? I'm thinking the motherboard wouldn't mind but it might just be a bit too much and I might as well stick with the 128? Is there a trick that I can use to figure out what might work before I buy something offline?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You can install cards like this, but the problem with these particular cards is that they do not have the low-profile mounting bracket.

ASUS NVIDIA GeForce 6200 Fanless AGP 128MB 64Bit VGA retro Video Card TESTED | eBay

Gigabyte GeForce 6200 AGP 256 mb graphics card | eBay

This is the only one I could find that has the right size silver mounting bracket, but it is pretty expensive at $60.

EVGA NVIDIA GeForce 6200 256MB DDR2 Graphics Card NEW NETWORKING | eBay

From what you are describing the Radeon 9200 has the same problem as the first two cards I posted--the mounting bracket is for a regular size tower PC, not a SFF.

Anyway, you are probably going to have a pretty hard time finding a legacy graphics card you need that checks all of the boxes because most of them have been melted down for the gold content and recycled.

[Atarithejedi]

I think you're right trying to get all the boxes checked we'll be kind of hard. I think if I can get some of them checked off so to speak then I'll be a happy camper. But I did with the 9200 I have was I literally clipped part of the metal bracket and order it for it to fit. But the PCB board still was a bit too high. I'm just going to find something that will work if I can get at least 128 MB low profile a couple bells and whistles I guess I'll be doing good 🙂

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Well, at least you now know what to look for.

A slim body and a short mounting bracket and you have to make sure the connector is AGP and not PCIe.

The last card I posted would fit like a glove.

[Atarithejedi]

Exactly, I could probably get a so-called regular sized one but again I'd have to cut the metal plate and hope that it fits in. The radon 92 looks slim except it has some extra board towards the back that kind of kills the whole thing. 

I actually went ahead and got the GeForce 5200 because it had the VGA support without me doing any hacking and slashing. Doesn't look like it's quite as powerful as the 6200 but heck of a lot cheaper. Thank you very very much This is awesome. Now I got to think what else I can stick in the riser card right now I have a sound blaster which is good and I have some random modem card just sitting there because.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

Glad you found a working card.

I don't think the GeForce 5200 supports Windows 7 or Vista, but if you are running W2K or XP on there, it will work just fine.

I wanted to run W7 on mine, so I had to find a card that fully supported Vista/W7, and the GT 6200 does, as does the Radeon 9600.

[Atarithejedi]

Yeah I just want to run XP and maybe 95 or 98 as a dual system. If I made that jump to seven I think it would change just about everything