im unable to fit a xfx geforce 7300GS into a dell dimension 4550 my default graphics card was a nvidia geforce mx 450 which has 3 pins my new 1 has 2 and pin is very long in width can somebody solve this

are you sure your not trying to go from a AGP to a PCI-e

what is agp

yh maybe the new graphics card is agp my mother board is pci
why wony xfx geforce7300 fit on my pci dell dimension 4550

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There are 3 types of slots for graphics cards.

PCI

AGP

PCI_E

An AGP card will not fit into a PCI slot. The AGP slot is considerably longer.

PCI_E is the latest format and that slot is smaller than either PCI or AGP.

Basically if you only have PCI slots you need to get a PCI card.

so what sort of card is a xfx geforce 7300GS nvidia
a Nvidia geforce 450 must be a Pci then or pci e
?? dunno

i think my current 1 can only have agp
as shown my current graphics card which is a Nvidia 450 has similar chips to this: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/zboss/3dfx/C...2000%20AGP.JPG
this is what i bought http://img.hexus.net/v2/news/xfx7300gs/7300gs.jpg

k so what is a cheap but similar to the 7300 for agp
in Maplins

OK ... thanks for the links.

Your old card is an AGP 3.3V Graphics Card 2X

This is a very old format. The most you can do here is use an AGP 2X/4X and you can only do this if your slot is an Universal AGP slot. An Universal AGP slot will be an open slot whereas an AGP 3.3V (2X) slot will be divided into two sections that match the pin layout of your old card. If this is the case then you are limited to AGP 3.3V 2X Graphics Cards. In other words you cannot really upgrade on this motherboard.

That card you bought is a PCI_E or PCI Express. It is the latest format and requires a motherboard that supports PCI_E.

More details can be seen here as to the various AGP slots:

https://support.ati.com/ics/support/...task=knowledge

Under Product Information click this:

737-18872: ATI AGP Graphics Cards - AGP Compliance Details

If you have an Universal AGP slot then you could upgrade to a 2X/4X but I doubt that it would be of any substantial difference to what you have now.