Intel 82865G Graphics Controller Upgrade As Well
Bios: Dell version: A01 date: CPU: Single core Intel Pentium 4 CPU (-HT-) cache: 2048 KB flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3)Clock Speeds: 1: 2992.552 MHz 2: 2992.552 MHzGraphics: Card: Intel 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics ControllerAudio: Card: Intel 82801G (ICH7 Family) AC'97 Audio ControllerDrives: HDD Total Size: 80.0GB model: SAMSUNG_HD080HJEdited by vacuum-tube, 20 June 2016 - 05:34 PM. And I tend to agree with pcpunk about 'test-driving' it's the only way to find out how well they'll run with your specific hardware.Edited by Mike_Walsh, 20 June 2016 - 11:27 AM.I had the same Dell that you have except with a Pentium 4 processor instead of a Celeron processor and what Al1000 says about Linux Mint Mate 17.x running better is quite true.Linux Mint Cinnamon I believe is based on Gnome 3 desktop which requires massive graphics and processor resources that your box just doesn't have nor is capable of supporting.Linux Mint Mate 17.x is based on Gnome 2 desktop which doesn't require as much graphics or processor resources and will in most cases run well on low powered boxes.Another problem might be as I don't see is how much ram memory your box has installed 512mb is bare minimum and for a better experience 1GB is preferred.Another thing is a Celeron processor in todays browsers just doesn't have what it takes to stream the HD youtube videos as it wasn't ever designed for any more than to push data such as documents etc.I would give Puppy tahrpup 6.0 a test drive as it runs like a champ on my 2005 Dell Pentium 4 box.System: Host: puppypc22614 Kernel: 3.14.56 i686 (32 bit, gcc: 4.8.4) Desktop: JWM git-976 Distro: tahrpup 6.0.5Machine: System: Dell product: OptiPlex GX620Mobo: Dell model: 0F8096. In Dell's case, 9 times out of 10, that invariably meant a BIOS upgrade as well, because the factory-installed image wouldn't support that extra graphics RAM (which is 'borrowed' from system RAM, in any case.)Needless to say, they've had plenty of compatibility problems, and criticism over the years! The concept never caught on, and there's still a lot of the things kicking around out might find this to be interesting, or of some use.Except you can ignore the section about drivers, at least as far as Linux is concerned. The 'Brookedale'-cored, 82854 'Extreme' graphics adapter (which I'm lumbered with) was sent out by manufacturers with just a single megabyte of shared graphics RAM enabled you had to dig around in the BIOS to enable the full 8 MB it was supposed to use.
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