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    Is my PC capable of this video card? HELP!
    « on: July 04, 2012, 07:28:48 PM »
    Okay, so i am planing to buy a Nvidia Geforce GTX 550 Ti 1GB but im not sure if my motherboard has a PCI-E x16 graphic slot (yeah im kinda still new at this stuff) so here is a picture of the motherboard



    Here are the rest of my PC specs:

    Operating system: Windows 7 32-bit
    RAM                      : 2.1GB
    Processor             : Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 @ 2.93GHz (Wolfdale)
    Memory Type        : DDR2 2048 mbytes
    Power Supply        : FPS 500w

    If im not mistaken i have a Lenovo m58e  computer

    so is my pc compatible?
    « Last Edit: July 04, 2012, 07:42:45 PM by SILVERBULLET612 »

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    Re: Is my PC capable of this video card? HELP!
    « Reply #1 on: July 04, 2012, 07:47:55 PM »
    What do the Lenovo specs say for your model?
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express

    Various PCI slots. From top to bottom:

        PCI Express ×4
        PCI Express ×16
        PCI Express ×1
        PCI Express ×16
        Conventional PCI (32-bit)

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    Re: Is my PC capable of this video card? HELP!
    « Reply #2 on: July 04, 2012, 07:56:43 PM »
    Your motherboard physically has the PCI-e 16x slot, however card/cooler height will be your influential factor given that this is not a normal board layout. as long as the card does not require 2 I/O shield slots then you will be fine.

    Example of dual slot


    Single slot.


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      Re: Is my PC capable of this video card? HELP!
      « Reply #3 on: July 04, 2012, 08:15:50 PM »
      @Kurtiskain
      what do you mean by 2 I/O slots ? you mean like the first picture you posted?


       ok so I just checked, here are the system requirements for the video card


      SYSTEM REQUIREMENT:

      -PCI Express or PCI Express 2.0-compliant motherboard with             (Not sure)
      dual width x16 graphics slot

      - one 6 pin PCi Express supplementary power connector                    (Check)           

      -Minimum 450W power supply
      intel PEntium 4, AMD Athlon XP class processor or higher                    (Check)

      - 200MB available hard disk space                                                        (Check)

      -2GB system memory                                                                            (Check)

      -Microsoft windows 7,xp, vista operating                                              (Check)
      system(32 or 64 bit)

      -DVD ROM Drive                                                                                     (Check)