I have Dell Dimemsion E520 with 256MB nVidia Geforce 7300LE TurboCache. I want to run Maya software on this computer and the memory is way too little to run such software. In order to run Maya, I need at least 500MB to run the video card. Sorry if I messed up all the computer lingos because I don't know anything about computers. Please help and thanks in advance.|||You will need to just purchase a new video card to replace your existing one with the amount of memory already installed. There are cards out with 512 and 768MB Nvidia 8800GTS cards out. Not sure if they have one with a full 1GB out yet or not.
Also before purchasing a new card you will need to see if your computer supports only AGP cards or PCI-e cards. The latter is the newest and fastest but you should still be able to find an AGP card with 512 if that is what your computer can only support.
Also, besides the graphics card, do you have the required amount of RAM for this software. Most Maya software needs around 1-2GB of RAM with 500-2000MB of Hard drive space according to which Maya package you are wanting.
Hope this helps.|||How much ram does the computer have?|||Hardware
At a minimum, the 32-bit version of Maya 2008 software requires a system with the following hardware:
Windows and Linux: Intel Pentium® 4 or higher, AMD Athlon® 64, or AMD Opteron® processor
Macintosh®: Power Mac® G5 or Intel®-based Macintosh® computers
2 GB RAM
2 GB hard disk space
Qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL® graphics card
Three-button mouse with mouse driver software
DVD-ROM drive
At a minimum, the 64-bit version of Maya 2008 software requires a system with the following hardware:
Windows and Linux: Intel EM64T, AMD Athlon 64, or AMD Opteron processor
2 GB RAM
2 GB hard disk space
Qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card
Three-button mouse with mouse driver software
DVD-ROM drive
To check your pc if you meet these requirements. You can do this by following these steps:
Start Button
Run... type dxdiag
click OK button
Compare your software specs to your PC spec. Then you can pinpoint what you missed. Good luck!|||(1) Replace the graphics card with any card that will NOT use TurboCache or similar technologies. An ATI 9600 XT will do just fine. Other similar cards will also work.
(2) Add as much memory (RAM) as you can afford to add to the machine. 2 GB minimum recommended, will cost less than $100.
Per my husband who knows this stuff.|||Maya does not specify how much video ram you need, it simply must be a hardware accelerated Open GL graphics card.
The system itself should have 2GB of ram with at least 2GB of hard disk space available for installation.
Your system comes stock with about 1GB, so that's going to be a problem, and yes, your video card leaves much to be desired!
With only a PCI and one PCIe X1 slot available, your video card upgrades are quite limited.
I suggest the HIS Radeon X1550 Video Card - 256MB DDR2, PCI Express (x1), Supporting 512MB with Hypermemory, DVI, VGA, TV Out, Video Card.
Even with just the 256MB, it should do the trick at just over $100 MSRP (suggested retail)|||open your pc with the power off and unplugged, usually the side panel should come off easily.
There are 4 slots on your motherboard for ram.. with long thin plastic strips, with a binch of chips lined up....
Pull one of those out.... take it to local computer shop, and tell them you want to upgrade to buy more ram of the same type.
plug in your new ram into the slots, and you are ready to go.
Your PC can take 4GB dual channel DDR type ram, so you could buy 2 sticks, of 1GB each... or 4 sticks for a whopping 4GB ram
you have a choice of 3 ram speeds....
PC2-4200/5300/6400 DDR2 SDRAM DIMMs
the faster ram.. will cost more, but your PC will run faster.
check out this site
http://www.memorystock.com/memory/DellDi…
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