video card mod

[trini_ted]

hi i have an old dell pc with only one pcie x1 slot ,and a 300w psu. can i mod a gt610 video card to fit in the x1 slot? will it work or not?

[mvitkun]

if it's open ended then yes.

if not then you'll need to slice open the end of the pcie slot in order to fit in the gt 610

[ERSCreeper]

I thought Nvidia needs at least 8x and AMD cards need at least 4x?

[t0wer]

I thought Nvidia needs at least 8x and AMD cards need at least 4x?

I think that's for crossfire.

[ERSCreeper]

I thought Nvidia needs at least 8x and AMD cards need at least 4x?

We should google this before we recommend someone on something :D

[mvitkun]

I thought Nvidia needs at least 8x and AMD cards need at least 4x?

how did you establish this?why would nvidia cards need more bandwidth than amd cards?

you can run any pcie card in any pcie slot.

x16 in x1.

x1 in x16.

the numbers 16,8,4,1 tell you how much bandwidth is available in that slot.

since the gt 610 requires very little bandwidth due to how low end it is it's performance won't differ in x1.

any single gpu high end card can run in pcie express 2.0 x8 with very little loss in performance.7970 ghz,gtx 680,etc.

http://www.naplestech.com/shopcart/images/pcie_slots400.gif

[legopc]

yes it will work i did it myself i have an old pc laying around with 1 pcie 16x slot and 2 pcie 1x slots and i just broke the end of of the 1x slot and put a video card in and it works

[hak4fun]

so what this means is i can taken any PCI slot and put any PCI card in it?

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[mvitkun]

so what this means is i can taken any PCI slot and put any PCI card in it?

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no.

you can take any pci express slot and put any pci express card into it.

you cannot however for example put a pci express card into a pci slot as they are two different interfaces.

[hak4fun]

so what this means is i can taken any PCI slot and put any PCI card in it?

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