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$100 is way over-priced for a weak X1300 256M which goes about $50 as a fine eBay 2nd hand (I do not check full store price which should go about $70.
3D Acceleration is a must for anything that could consider modern. In this day and age it is saying you did not install video card driver; no driver might be fine for business or some clerical use but playing games without installing driver is as well as playing poker knowing full well you are going to lose.
Driver CD should be there accompanying the card. 3D Accel. is referring to the fact that all geometric processing is done by some hardware beside the CPU. This processing relates to the scene of a game.
In a simple words: you've been had; Dell is getting rid of an obsolete merchandize at your expense; an exponentially better Radeon HD 38xx could be had for $100.
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