Need an advice for graphic card

[joeman42_43]

i have a branded dell pentium D 3.4 ghz speed with upgraded ram of 2.5 gb my problem is that my motherboard lacks pci x16 slot but it have a pci x1 slot so if i connect a x16 graphic card on this slot can i able to play games like cod4 codmw2&3 (i can not buy a new pc sorry for my bad english)

 

[TheBigTroll]

no. there is no way that you can fit a x16 card in a x1 slot. it wont work

 

[TheBigTroll]

and also, its time for a complete computer overhaul

 

[joeman42_43]

but i have seen a mod i which a x16 card is fitted in x1 slot and it was also working

 

[TheBigTroll]

no it just doesnt in your case. there wouldnt be enough bandwidth for the graphics card since you have pci-e 1. even if it is pci-e3 1x, you will never get enough bandwidth to sustain a graphics card.

 

[joeman42_43]

but why

 

[TheBigTroll]

it just doesnt.......

 

[joeman42_43]

well my mb has some holes in it with no slot and printed on end a82 and b82 if it is an x16 slot place can i solder an x16 slot here

 

[joeman42_43]

and also will it work

 

[TheBigTroll]

i dont think so. i wouldnt even try soldering a x16 slot just so that i can make it work

 

[swifty_morgan]

does it have an AGP slot ?.............. or does it have a standard pci slot ?

 

[TheBigTroll]

any modern graphics card uses a pci-e slot. AGP is pretty much dead

 

[swifty_morgan]

thanks for the worthless response. he says he doesn't have a pci-e slot........that was already stated................... so if he doesn't have that you can still buy a video card for a pci slot or and agp slot if he has one. all those games should run in dx9 mode albeit not the greatest but maybe he can't buy a newer set up.

 

[joeman42_43]

i have 2 identical slots but they are pci slots i have no more slots

 

[swifty_morgan]

go to newegg.com. go to computer hardware/video cards/desktop graphics/..( look under "advanced" in the narrow results category up in top left ).. go to interface/PCI............. see if you can find a decent card there.

you won't have great performance but if you cannot build another machine right now something will be better than nothing.

 

[TheBigTroll]

found this card on newegg that is pcie 1x

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500230

 

[swifty_morgan]

found this card on newegg that is pcie 1x

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500230

awesome. first time i saw one of those.

 

[TheBigTroll]

i never knew they even existed

 

[joeman42_43]

Best answer selected by joeman42_43.

 

[joeman42_43]

thanks thebigtroll and swifty_morgan i will check it out