Thursday, April 26, 2012

Can i make my new video card fit? Maybe with an adapter? My PCI slots seem to be opposite of what card is...?

MY COMP INFO FROM DELL:

Expansion Bus



Bus type



PCI 2.3

PCI Express x1



Bus speed



PCI: 33 MHz



PCI Express: 500 MB/s bidirectional speed



PCI



connectors:

two



connector size:

120 pins



connector data width (maximum)

32 bits



PCI Express



connector

one x1



connector size

36 pins



connector data width (maximum)





1 PCI Express lane





ASUS VIDEO CARD INFO:

Specifications

Graphics Engine ATI Radeon HD 4870

Bus Standard PCI Express 2.0

Video Memory DDR5 512MB

Engine Clock 750 MHz

Memory Clock 3.6 GHz ( 900 MHz DDR5 )

RAMDAC 400MHz

Memory Interface 256-bit

D-Sub Max Resolution 2048 x 1536

DVI Max Resolution 2560 x 1600

D-Sub Output Yes x 1 (via DVI to D-Sub adaptor x 1 )

DVI Output Yes x 2 (DVI-I)

HDMI Output Yes x 1 (via DVI to HDMI adaptor x 1 )

HDTV Output (YPbPr) Yes

HDCP Support Yes

TV Output Yes (YPbPr to S-Video and Composite)

Adapter/Cable Bundled 1 x DVI to D-Sub adaptor

1 x DVI to HDMI adaptor

1 x HDTV-out cable

1 x CrossFire cable

1 x Power cable



The card size is 4.376 inches x 9.5 inches|||Do you want the bad news, mate, or the bad news?



Unfortunately, your video card is not going to fit that motherboard. There's no PCI to PCI-Express adapter as that would defeat the object of having a faster data throughput slot which the video card would naturally fit into.



The other bad news is that you need to check the power output (in Watts) of your PSU (Power Supply Unit). Unfortunately, Dell have a tendency to put underpowered PSU units in many of their computer systems.



Some even more bad news, I'm afraid, is that some models of Dell computers don't use standard ATX PSU supplies, so you MAY not be able to buy a replacement that will fit your computer case.



I'm truly sorry to be the bearer of such bad news.

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