How big is my pci express slot?

[japanman1991]

How big is my PCI Express slot, heres a link to my motherboards info and pictures

 

[japanman1991]

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c00496280&dlc=en&lc=en&cc=us

 

[evilshuriken]

I don't understand the point of this question.

Umm... it's average sized?

 

[Ceza]

Hello,
The information you want is probably not available for your motherboard because it is a proprietary HP board. So when that fails I recommend you look up the ATI chipset and compare specs with similar boards to get a educated guess as to what your board probably supports. The boards I have found with that ATI RS482 chipset all support 1 PCI Express x16 slot. So I would suggest with pretty good confidence that your board has one PCIEx16 spot and the 3 PCI expansion slots.

Hope this helps.

Ceza

 

[the last resort]

i think he's asking the bandwith.
its a PCI Express x16, NOT 2.0

 

[japanman1991]

Can I install this card on my motherboard?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130085

 

[nvalhalla]

Don't worry about the size, size doesn't matter. It's the width that's important. Ask anybody...

 

[nvalhalla]

Yes, but I'd recommend an 8800GS if you can afford it.

 

[japanman1991]

Link to the 8800 gs?

 

[nvalhalla]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130332

 

[japanman1991]

If it's less than 250 ill probobly get it

 

[japanman1991]

that link says PCI Express 2.0 x16 that will work with my motherboard?

 

[nvalhalla]

yes.

 

[jrnyfan]

its like handball against the drapes sometimes...

to the op: yes it will.

 

[dirtmountain]

Oooops, i should look harder next time

 

[nvalhalla]

If you have a little more money to spend... The 8800GT is better still

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814134035

This one has a FANTASTIC cooler, I use the same one (although I had to buy mine separatly) Make sure you have room,, the cooler takes up the 2 slots below the PCI-E sot as well. If you don't have room, check out this one.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130357

Still a good cooler, just takes up 1 slot below the PCI-E slot. Make sure the case is wide enough to fit the cards too, they can be kinda long.

 

[nvalhalla]

What are you talking about dirtmountain? What speed slot do you think he has?

 

[Mondoman]

OP - ignore dirtmountain's post - he doesn't know what he's writing about.

Also, realize that if you have an older slower CPU, your gaming performance may be limited somewhat even with the new graphics card. You should also make sure that your computer's power supply has enough +12V amperage to support a power-hungry high-end graphics card like an 8800.

 

[dirtmountain]

My apologies, i was wrong.

 

[japanman1991]

Thanks guys probobly going to pick up some more ram and the 8800gt knowing it will work =]

 

[japanman1991]

So again, if it says 2.0 x 16, that means it uses 2 pci express slots? Or uses one and then the other slot used is a pci. Or does 2.0 have nothing to do with the slots used....?

 

[Mondoman]

No, it means it is designed according to the PCIexpress V2.0 standard, and fits in a physical PCIexpress x16 slot.

 

[japanman1991]

Just bought the 8800gt off newegg, if all goes well thanks guys for helping me out =]

 

[japanman1991]

Guys looks like the cooler makes it too big to fit in my pc, how do i remove the fan from the card?

 

[nvalhalla]

I would find a way to modify the case to fit the card, not the other way around. The 8800GT uses a single slot cooler (at least most of them do, did you get a larger one?) and it really needs that to do it's job. If you can't make it fit, there are some coolers that go only over the GPU and not the whole card like the stock cooler. I would look into one of those if you can't get it to fit in your case. Here's an example of an aftermarket cooler (I'm not sure what about the card isn't fitting in your case.) This should fit on an 8800 GT.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186001