Question about a graphics card

[Daniel_fcc]

So I have built my pc but I'm missing a graphics card still, while I'm waiting on one, I remembered I have a very old pc with like 12+ years that might have a graphics card and I was wondering can I use it to test the other components on my new build, just to make it to boot? Will it break the new components?

[cacoe]

As long as it's a PCIE card, it shouldn't matter how old it is, it should work.

 

Whether there will be Windows drivers at this point is the real question, older cards might not be compatible.

[Daniel_fcc]

4 hours ago, cacoe said:

As long as it's a PCIE card, it shouldn't matter how old it is, it should work.

 

Whether there will be Windows drivers at this point is the real question, older cards might not be compatible.

Will it break the other components or not? That's what Im worried about

[jwwagner25]

10 minutes ago, Daniel_fcc said:

Will it break the other components or not? That's what Im worried about

"will it break the other components"....what are you talking about? How would it 'break' them, and in what way? Is this something that you have ever heard of happening, or experienced? I don't recall seeing stories about someone plugging in (a component) and it causing the whole computer to suddenly burst into flames. 

[cacoe]

24 minutes ago, jwwagner25 said:

"will it break the other components"....what are you talking about? How would it 'break' them, and in what way? Is this something that you have ever heard of happening, or experienced? I don't recall seeing stories about someone plugging in (a component) and it causing the whole computer to suddenly burst into flames. 

Or in a nicer way, no, plugging an older PCIE graphics card into your PCIE slot on your new motherboard should not break anything. You should be able to post and even get into Windows, but you may not have native video resolution or acceleration depending on the driver situation.