Pci Express Slot Help!!!

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So l have a nice dell inspiron laptop. Anyway l was looking to see if it has a Pci Express slot, and apparently it does... l think. I download pc wizard and it said this

PCI-Express Information :
Number of connectors : 2

PCI-Express Base : 0xE000000


Bus PCI-Express :

Device : 5 Series/3400 Serie
Version : 2.0

Port : 1

Physical Slot : #0

Slot Populated : No

Link Width : max. x1

Link Speed : 2.5 GB/s



Bus PCI-Express :

Device : 5 Series/3400 Serie
Version : 2.0

Port : 2

Physical Slot : #0

Slot Populated : Yes

Link Width : x1 (max. x1)
Link Speed : 2.5 GB/s



Bus PCI-Express :

Device : 5 Series/3400 Serie
Version : 2.0

Port : 3

Physical Slot : #0

Slot Populated : Yes

Link Width : x1 (max. x1)
Link Speed : 2.5 GB/s



Bus PCI-Express :

Device : 5 Series/3400 Se)
Version : 2.0

Port : 5

Physical Slot : #0

Slot Populated : No

Link Width : max. x1

Link Speed : 2.5 GB/s



So it says Bus PCI-Express. Does that mean l can get a card like this

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/evga-geforce-gtx-750-ti-2gb-gddr5-pci-express-3-0-graphics-card/4906008.p?id=1219104862829&skuId=4906008&st=categoryid$pcmcat182300050008&cp=1&lp=3]

or this

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/pny-geforce-gt-630-graphic-card-780-mhz-core-2-gb-ddr3-sdram-pci-express-2-0-x16/5594282.p?id=1218668292998&skuId=5594282&st=categoryid$pcmcat182300050008&cp=1&lp=4]


Mature answers are highly appreciated.

Thanks in Advance
 
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Wolfshadw
Unfortunately, no. You cannot install a discrete graphics card into a laptop. There is no physical space for the cards. While the laptop specifications may state PCI-E slots, they are likely Mini PCI (mPCIe) slots that are already taken by your wireless card and webcam.

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P.S. Your links don't work. To format them properly you need to enclose the URLs in URL Tags:

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Unfortunately, no. You cannot install a discrete graphics card into a laptop. There is no physical space for the cards. While the laptop specifications may state PCI-E slots, they are likely Mini PCI (mPCIe) slots that are already taken by your wireless card and webcam.

-Wolf sends

P.S. Your links don't work. To format them properly you need to enclose the URLs in URL Tags:

Code: 
[url=insert url link here]Link Information[/url]

As an example

[url=http://www.newegg.com/]Newegg.com[/url]
Which looks like this: Newegg.com

-Wolf sends
 
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