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ryankw311   01-09-2012 at 03:05:25 AM

Hey, I was wondering if my computer would be able to hold this NVIDIA graphics card:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BFG-GeForc [...] 611wt_1396


Here are some images of the inside of my desktop, I honestly don't know what to look for:

http://s1187.photobucket.com/albums/z387/ryankw777/?action=view&current=20120108_194152.jpg

http://s1187.photobucket.com/albums/z387/ryankw777/?action=view&current=20120108_194152.jpg#!oZZ2QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs1187.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fz387%2Fryankw777%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3D20120108_194122.jpg

http://s1187.photobucket.com/albums/z387/ryankw777/?action=view&current=20120108_194152.jpg#!oZZ3QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs1187.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fz387%2Fryankw777%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3D20120108_194035.jpg

http://s1187.photobucket.com/albums/z387/ryankw777/?action=view&current=20120108_194152.jpg#!oZZ4QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs1187.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fz387%2Fryankw777%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3D20120108_194018.jpg

Also, how would I be able to tell if my computer can hold a dual slot graphics card (such as the one I listed)? Thank you so much for your time!

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amuffin   01-09-2012 at 03:08:46 AM

Yes, however get a better card that supports more current things such as a gtx 550ti or radeon 6850.

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ryankw311   01-09-2012 at 03:10:46 AM

Alright, thanks! How were you able to tell that it could fit the graphics card though? I was just curious, for future reference.

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azeem40   01-09-2012 at 03:17:50 AM

PCIe slots can fit GPUs.

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amuffin   01-09-2012 at 03:54:57 AM

ryankw311 wrote :

Alright, thanks! How were you able to tell that it could fit the graphics card though? I was just curious, for future reference.


285 is not that long of a card, and your case looks pretty large.

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fuggles   01-09-2012 at 03:56:51 AM

avoid a gtx 550 like the plague

google gtx 550 plague

get a 460 instead

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amuffin   01-09-2012 at 04:25:29 AM

fuggles wrote :

avoid a gtx 550 like the plague

google gtx 550 plague

get a 460 instead


460 is out of op budget :P

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ryankw311   01-09-2012 at 04:34:49 AM

Haha, what's so bad about the 550ti? The only reason I'm getting the GTX 285 by the way is because someone I know is selling it along with a power supply for a great price. My computer can only support 300W at the moment, but once I get the new power supply then I don't think power will be an issue..(it can support 850W).

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