Preparing For First Card

[DanMahBoy]

Hello all you wise people, I wish to be informed if you will share your brainstuffs with me. So i'm preparing for my first video card, if finances work out well I'll be getting a gtx 750Ti soon. I already have a 550 watt power supply, though it isn't name brand but it should be okay. My concern is that the derps that built the PC I use, it's a store bought PC by the way, may not have properly installed the PCIe x16 slot. Though that may sound crazy, once I had an eMachines that had the physical port but it didn't actually do anything. My friend gave a graphics card to try and when I put it in the eMachines nothing happened, even with all the proper drivers and such nonsense. So my simple question is this:

 

Is there a way to make sure my PCIe port works properly before I go buying a video card?

 

 

[ruitti99]

Hello all you wise people, I wish to be informed if you will share your brainstuffs with me. So i'm preparing for my first video card, if finances work out well I'll be getting a gtx 750Ti soon. I already have a 550 watt power supply, though it isn't name brand but it should be okay. My concern is that the derps that built the PC I use, it's a store bought PC by the way, may not have properly installed the PCIe x16 slot. Though that may sound crazy, once I had an eMachines that had the physical port but it didn't actually do anything. My friend gave a graphics card to try and when I put it in the eMachines nothing happened, even with all the proper drivers and such nonsense. So my simple question is this:

 

Is there a way to make sure my PCIe port works properly before I go buying a video card?

 You can try testing it with another GPU (I think that it's the only way) And what is the name of your MOBO?

 

Edit: Fail (it's a prebuilt Pc)

[SymphonyX7]

Yes, borrow one from a friend first. Doesn't matter if it's a low-end or old graphics card.