Ok, newbie here, ( I know enuf to TB dangerous), wanting to get a little more out of my 7 yo 690 workstation, bought a Zotac Geoforce GT740 PCI-express card (2GB), and found that I had not 1, but 2 NVIDIA 285 cards (only 128mb video RAM ea.), mounted on a riser (plugged into the PCIe 16 slot). So question; since the external connection slots (back of computer) are "higher) than the PCI-X slots (to match the additional height of the video riser) can I just pop the new card into 1 of the 2 PCI-e slots (on the riser)? (or will the system insist on seeing 2 cards?). Windows 7 x64 HomePremium. Pretty sure they are not SLI configured.
PCI slot selection: Dell Precision 690 video card (with riser)
- Thread starter jmickelct
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And this is the video expansion card (with 2 slots) OEM Dell Precision Workstation 690 Dual Video PCIe Riser Card - XH821 http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-Dell-Precision-Workstation-690-Dual-Video-PCIe-Riser-Card-XH821-/160710457140. The "bottom slot" is labeled "PCIE Slot 1" and the top "PCIE Slot3".
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