Can I use Geforce 4 MX440 with Dell OptiPlex GX240

[Agnes!]

I am having one old Optiplex GX240 SFF and I am trying to make is of that for light web browsing. I have taken a low profile Dell Nvidia Geforce 4 MX440 64MB as of the eBay. This card is having the DVI out and attached to the VGA monitor with the help of the DVI to VGA adapter. Settings for this is stuck at the 640x480 through the 4-bit color. When I tried with the one more old Optiplex SFF(a GX270) then that was working just great without any problem then what is the problem with the Geforce 4 MX440. If somebody of you can provide me any solution for this then I will really appreciate that. Thank you.

[Ramona19]

This is seemed to be problem with the outdated or corrupted driver and this is the reason that you are facing issues like this. So what you can do is, just update all the drivers to the latest version available on internet and then try to use that. I don’t think that this time you will get the issues like this if it is related to the driver.

[Munishi3]

If nothing works for you to get the issue solved then you can make use of the Sparkle GeForce 8400GS 256 MB DDR3 PCI with Native HDMI Graphics Card and you will be out of issue. I am also using the same and that is not showing me any problem like this. So this will be the best that you can try for this.

[Gimbya]

You must first verify that you are at least having Windows XP Service Pack 2 in your computer and if not then you get such issues. If you are having the Windows XP SP 2 installed in your computer then install the forceware 56.72 WHQL drivers once you are completed with the installation of the Directx patch. I would like to tell you that there are no Windows 7 drivers intended for these GPUs. If you wish to make use of the Windows 7 then you will require to have the Forceware 95 VISTA drivers.

[GadhadharY]

I would like to tell you that the vista with The Legacy Forceware 95 driver is having support for the following set of GPUs:

NVIDIA GPU product - Device PCI ID

• GeForce PCX 5750 -0x00FA
• GeForce PCX 5900 -0x00FB
• Quadro FX 330/GeForce PCX 5300 -0x00FC
• Quadro FX 330/Quadro NVS 280 PCI-E -0x00FD
• Quadro FX 1300 -0x00FE
• GeForce FX 5800 Ultra -0x0301
• GeForce FX 5800 -0x0302
• Quadro FX 2000 -0x0308
• Quadro FX 1000 -0x0309
• GeForce FX 5600 Ultra -0x0311
• GeForce FX 5600 -0x0312
• GeForce FX 5600XT -0x0314
• GeForce FX Go5600 -0x031A
• GeForce FX Go5650 -0x031B
• Quadro FX Go700 -0x031C
• GeForce FX 5200 -0x0320
• GeForce FX 5200 Ultra -0x0321
• GeForce FX 5200 -0x0322
• GeForce FX 5200LE -0x0323
• GeForce FX Go5200 -0x0324
• GeForce FX Go5250 -0x0325
• GeForce FX 5500 -0x0326
• GeForce FX 5100 -0x0327
• GeForce FX Go5200 32M/64M -0x0328
• Quadro NVS 55/280 PCI -0x032A
• Quadro FX 500/FX 600 -0x032B
• GeForce FX Go53xx -0x032C
• GeForce FX Go5100 -0x032D
• GeForce FX 5900 Ultra -0x0330
• GeForce FX 5900 -0x0331
• GeForce FX 5900XT -0x0332
• GeForce FX 5950 Ultra -0x0333
• GeForce FX 5900ZT -0x0334
• Quadro FX 3000 -0x0338
• Quadro FX 700 0x033F
• GeForce FX 5700 Ultra -0x0341
• GeForce FX 5700 -0x0342
• GeForce FX 5700LE -0x0343
• GeForce FX 5700VE -0x0344
• GeForce FX Go5700 -0x0347
• GeForce FX Go5700 -0x0348
• Quadro FX Go1000 -0x034C
• Quadro FX 1100 -0x034E

XP SP2 and the 56.72.xx driver holds up the below set of GPUs:
NVIDIA chip name - Device PCI ID

• GeForce2 MX/MX 400 -0x0110
• GeForce2 MX 100/200 -0x0111
• GeForce2 Go 0x0112
• Quadro2 MXR/EX/Go -0x0113
• GeForce4 MX 460 -0x0170
• GeForce4 MX 440 -0x0171
• GeForce4 MX 420 -0x0172
• GeForce4 MX 440-SE -0x0173
• GeForce4 440 Go -0x0174
• GeForce4 420 Go -0x0175
• GeForce4 420 Go 32M -0x0176
• GeForce4 460 Go -0x0177
• Quadro4 550 XGL -0x0178
• GeForce4 440 Go 64M -0x0179
• Quadro NVS -0x017A
• Quadro4 500 GoGL -0x017C
• GeForce4 410 Go 16M -0x017D
• GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X -0x0181
• GeForce4 MX 440SE with AGP8X -0x0182
• GeForce4 MX 420 with AGP8X -0x0183
• GeForce4 MX 4000 -0x0185
• Quadro4 580 XGL -0x0188
• Quadro NVS 280 SD -0x018A
• Quadro4 380 XGL -0x018B
• Quadro NVS 50 PCI -0x018C
• GeForce2 Integrated GPU -0x01A0
• GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU -0x01F0
• GeForce3 -0x0200
• GeForce3 Ti 200 -0x0201
• GeForce3 Ti 500 -0x0202
• Quadro DCC -0x0203
• GeForce4 Ti 4600 -0x0250
• GeForce4 Ti 4400 -0x0251
• GeForce4 Ti 4200 -0x0253
• Quadro4 900 XGL -0x0258
• Quadro4 750 XGL -0x0259
• Quadro4 700 XGL -0x025B
• GeForce4 Ti 4800 -0x0280
• GeForce4 Ti 4200 with AGP8X -0x0281
• GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE -0x0282
• GeForce4 4200 Go -0x0286
• Quadro4 980 XGL -0x0288
• Quadro4 780 XGL -0x0289
• Quadro4 700 GoGL -0x028C

[Cain]

If the card that you are using is not the AGP card, it is a PCI card then there is possibility that it is incompatible because of just being a 5V card and not the 3.3V otherwise universal card.

[Quasim]

After reading your post, I think that the card which you are using is a bad card and so it is not working properly and showing you the issues like this. My suggestion to you is to take at least Geforce 5200 version of the card. I am having the same card and it is not showing me any problem with it and so I am also recommending you the same. Good Luck!!!

[Haben]

You should not get any problem with that card. I am also using the same and that is not making any problem for me and so I hope that it will do the same for you as well.