the card depends on your 380 form factor: MT, DT, SFF?  MT uses full bracket card, DT/SFF short bracket and low profile card. dell oem card for 380 are AMD Radeon HD3450 or nVIDIA GeForce 9300GE, 256MB DDR2[IMAGE]AMD Radeon HD3450[IMAGE]NVIDIA GEFORCE 9300 GE Specifications (dell.com) if you have MT then your cpu can go up to Q9650 and matching gpu up to GTX 750ti. if you just want a non gaming video card then any simple low power entry level PCIe x 16 card that fits the case form factor will do.
I recently purchased a refurbished Dell Optiplex 380 running XP Professional. I would like to add a video card. Can I get some recommendation for cards that would be compatible with my machine and system? Regards, rkmojo
Video Card for Optiplex 380 running windows XP Professional