Will my old graphics card work in my new PC?

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ChummiesDonkey

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I recently got a new pc and was wondering if my old graphics card will work in it.
I bought a Dell Inspiron 580 and the card I want to put in it is the EVGA e-GeForce 8800 GT.
 
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If your GPU is using more power than your PSU can supply then either your graphics card will give lower performance and may crash or it might start depriving other components of power, in turn, damaging those.
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I have The sleek Version of it namely the dell 580s as a backup at home .....
mostly it has 300w of the psu
u can surely fit this graphic card into it but what matters is ur psu power

if u can try to send me the specs.....of ur psu ....u have to open the case

Just check the Power supply
 
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ChummiesDonkey

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Would this happen to help? http://s1032.photobucket.com/user/chummiestdonkey/media/psu1_zpsaceed0c2.jpg.html

I opened the side of the case and this is all I could see of the power supply.
 
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ChummiesDonkey

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Should I test it? Or is that not a good idea?
 
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ChummiesDonkey

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What is the risk exactly?



 
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If your GPU is using more power than your PSU can supply then either your graphics card will give lower performance and may crash or it might start depriving other components of power, in turn, damaging those.
 
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