Using a Modern NVIDIA Graphics Card in a 2004 Pentium 4 PC...

Hello and welcome to something a bit weird. Today, I will attempt to use my recently acquired NVIDIA Quadro P620 graphics card from 2018 in a much older Packard Bell Pentium 4 desktop computer from 2004, using a dodgy PCI adapter bought from AliExpress. I ran plenty of tests on the system, including 3DMark benchmarks, and gameplay tests ranging from older titles like Robot Wars, to more modern stuff like BeamNG, along with other tasks such as YouTube video playback and recording in OBS Studio. Was the performance any good? Watch me attempt one of the strangest experiments I’ve ever done to a computer so far... Hope you enjoy.

*Featured software*
Fraps: https://fraps.com/
MSI Afterburner: https://www.msi.com/Landing/afterburner/graphics-cards
RivaTuner: https://www.guru3d.com/download/rtss-rivatuner-statistics-server-download/
3DMark Legacy versions: https://benchmarks.ul.com/legacy-benchmarks
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/
OBS Studio 27.2.4 (latest version supported on Windows 7 32-bit): https://github.com/obsproject/obs-studio/releases/tag/27.2.4

*Featured games*
- Steam
Portal, 2007: https://store.steampowered.com/app/400/Portal/
Portal 2, 2011: https://store.steampowered.com/app/620/Portal_2/
Undertale, 2015: https://store.steampowered.com/app/391540/Undertale/
Progressbar95, 2020: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1304550/Progressbar95/
- Non-Steam
Colin McRae Rally 2.0, 2000
Robot Wars Extreme Destruction, 2002
Angry Birds Seasons, 2012
BeamNG Tech Demo, 2013: https://web.archive.org/web/20131012153345if_/http://142.4.219.196/normal/BeamNG-Techdemo-0.3-setup.exe

*Featured links and sources*
AliExpress – PCI Adapter: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006431912110.html
NVIDIA Quadro P620 drivers for Windows 7 32-bit: https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/drivers/details/143128/
Wikipedia – PCI Express: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express
Wikipedia – Conventional PCI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_Component_Interconnect
Can You RUN it – Portal System Requirements: https://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/requirements/portal/10668
Windows 7 Forums – How To Run Steam on Windows 7: https://www.sevenforums.com/gaming/430338-guide-how-run-steam-windows-7-a.html

*Chapters and spoilers*
00:00 Intro
01:31 Current performance
02:25 Preparation
03:24 Inserting the graphics card...
04:54 Initial power on test + driver installation
06:51 Addressing performance bottleneck + initial gameplay testing
09:16 Video playback
10:52 3DMark Benchmarks
15:41 Gameplay Benchmarks
20:23 Screen Capture (help)
21:19 Windows Experience Index
21:51 Performance comparison
22:37 Conclusion

*Music Credits*
West City Menu Music [From Gran Turismo 2, 1999]
Molten Crater Level Music [From Spyro 3: Year Of The Dragon, 2000]
Toby Fox – “Another Medium” [From Undertale, 2015]
Xpand – “JetStream” [From BallisticNG, 2016]
Dark Passage Level Music [From Spyro The Dragon, 1998]
Arcade Music 2 [From Colin McRae Rally 2.0, 2000]
Toby Fox – “Sandy Board” [From Deltarune Chapter 3, 2025]
Toby Fox – “Quiz” [From Deltarune Chapter 3, 2025]
Vonsnake – “Diavolt” [From BallisticNG, 2016]

Дата на публикация: 13 ноември, 2025
Категория: Наука и технология
Ключови думи: In modern 2004 pc Card nvidia using graphics Pentium