RE: New video card & old motherboard

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"attilathehun1" wrote:

Ok, I just bought another item from newegg.com. A PC case, Thermaltake Armor
Series VA8003BWS Black Full Tower Case w/25CM Fan, item #: N82E16811133021. I
paid about 180 bucks after shipping and handling.
Thanks, attilathehun1
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"Stephen" wrote:

You can do one of two things. 1) look at the motherboard where the video card
would normally go and see if it says AGP above or below it. 2) look up the
specs of the motherboard to see if it supports PCI-E. I just looked at the
specs for a demension 8300 and the video on it is AGP.
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim8300/sm/specs.htm

"attilathehun1" wrote:

I just bought a GeForce 8800 512mb card from Dell and it's a PCI-E. I have a
stock Dell 8300 mobo bought in 2002. I hvn't replaced the mobo so it's stock.
Do I have to buy a new mobo to use this new card? Ok, here the whole rundown
on the card. It's a GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB DDR3 PCI-E 2.0 Graphics Card. The
motherboard is a Dell Computer Corp. 0M2035, Serial Number CN481113703RF. Bus
Clock 800 Megahertz.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, attilathehun1
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