I want to get a new video card for my PC. I am looking at a Nivida Ge Force 8600. It says it is SIL and PCI Express. I opened up my PC and found 2 white slots and a dark maybe brown slot open.
2007-12-08 11:42:08 · 4 answers · asked by piicaso87 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
I got this PC in August from Office Depot.
As much as I would love to trust myself on identifing these slot... i dont. Is there anyway I can search for it on my PC? other wise ill have to take a picture. I would really hate to buy the card off the net to only for it not to end up working.
2007-12-08 13:53:22 · update #1
you mean SLI. Scalable Link Interface. This is a technology wherein you use two of the same nVidia graphics card to increase performance. You can find out what kind of slot you have by opening your computer and having a look. If near the bottom left hand corner you have a 4-or-so inch long (probably colored) slot, it's PCI-express. Shortish and white is PCI, and somewhere between the two in size is AGp. If it's a relatively new computer, there's a good chance it's PCI Express.
2007-12-08 11:51:03 · answer #1 · answered by Justin V 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 2 white slots, if their the same size are probably regular PCI And unless its an expensive motherboard you wont have 2 pci express slots. the brown one is AGP, so from that, your card would not work.
2007-12-08 19:51:03 · answer #2 · answered by computerwiz1247 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the white ones are pci and the brown is a agp. just buy an agp there almost as good. If you want a good place to get hardware look at OTVTECH.com.
2007-12-08 19:49:56 · answer #3 · answered by Master 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the brown slot if it is long, is an agp slot. the brown slot is short about 2inchs long, then it is not an agp slot. find a 6800 agp. they run faster than the 8600.
2007-12-08 19:46:24 · answer #4 · answered by agello24 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋