OK so Ive just got a 8800 and when I go to fit it , dosent acually fit into the slot .... Im a n00b so yer and yes It is compatiable!
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OK so Ive just got a 8800 and when I go to fit it , dosent acually fit into the slot .... Im a n00b so yer and yes It is compatiable!
Sounds like you got an AGP motherboard with a PCI-E card...
You were silly not to check all this out before you bought the card.
If it doesn't fit into the slot then how is it compatible? :S
What colour is the slot you're trying to fit it in?
white...
Thats a PCI slot then... not PCI-E.
Could I replace it with a PCI-EQuote:
Originally Posted by Tawm
Sounds like you're trying to fit it into a PCI socket, however some PCI-E sockets are white though. Is there not a socket with another graphics card already plugged in?
Yeh give me a MIN Ill take a quick pictureQuote:
Originally Posted by N!ck
Sorry took the Pic on a MacBook
Picture:
http://i32.tinypic.com/b6x35x.jpg
Those white slots are PCI.
Theres a graphics card in there, looks like AGP to me. You cannot use your 8800 card in that computer.
Looks like you have a graphics card already in there plugged into an AGP socket (the brown one). You need to buy an AGP graphics card if you want a new one.
So what would I need
An AGP graphics card... It is very hard to find a decent one for AGP nowadays.
I was thinking of getting a new PC anyway could I put it into thisQuote:
Originally Posted by Tawm
http://configure.euro.dell.com/dells...=D06X403&s=dhs
The first one
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/pr...hs1&l=en&s=dhs
Yes, but it's only an extra £10 to add an 8800GT into that PC through Dell anyway. I'd try sending the card back or sell it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rockstar
Ok how much do you think Id get for itQuote:
Originally Posted by N!ck
I'm not sure of a "street price" sort of thing. How much did you get it for and where from? And can you not take/send it back?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rockstar
90.00 and Amazon
You can usually send back to Amazon within 28 days, try read their policy's and what to do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rockstar
I don't think you can send it back simply because you dont like it
Distance selling act says you can return it within 14 days if you, well, simply because you don't like it. As long as its in a resellable condition of cause.
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