Where can I get older PCI video cards in the GTA?

[Andrej Marjan]

On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 5:23 PM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes-SLHPyeZ9y/tg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org> wrote:

>
>  I said to myself "No problem, I've got a PCI video card kicking
> around.  I'll stick it in and I'm set".  Unfortunately, PCI slots seem
> to have changed over the years, and the video card doesn't fit into the
> slots on the older Dell.  I don't know the names of the specs, but as
> they say "a picture is worth a thousand words".  First a picture of the
> slots in the older Dell...
> http://clients.teksavvy.com/~walterdnes/misc/slots.jpg
> Next is a snap of an older firewire card (left) which fits the slot, and
> the spare video card (right) which does not fit...
> http://clients.teksavvy.com/~walterdnes/misc/cards.jpg
>

That's an AGP video card, not PCI:
http://www.ertyu.org/steven_nikkel/agpcompatibility.html

And there were at least two variants of AGP connector, and about three
different voltages the cards could work at.

I think the black slot is also an AGP slot, but it's too old for your video
card.
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