Looking for a Graphics Card

Captain Tagon · Jun 24, 2005

And where do you check that?

KenM · Jun 24, 2005

I thought it would be under system info, its not. You might be able to chck the computer makers site if you bought the computer. What kind of graphic card you have? A 64 MB gforce 4? Sounds like you have AGP.

Captain Tagon · Jun 24, 2005

It is a Dell I got like three years ago.

And I have an NVidia GeForce4 Ti 4200 with 64 mb RAM.

Jarrod · Jun 24, 2005

Easiest way would be to open the machine. Big circuit board in the middle -- motherboard. Along the back edge there will be a row of connectors that line up (ish, offset ~1/2 an inch) with openings along the back of the case (might be covered). There should also be expansion cards already plugged in.

Then find the video card. It's the expansion card your monitor is plugged into

might not exist; could be on the motherboard.

If the connectors are a range of sizes but look to be the same rough shape, it's probably PCI Express. Some will be ~1inch long, the one your video card is in would be longer.

If all connectors are identical in color and spacing, including the video card, it's PCI.

If all but one connector are identical in color and spacing, while the odd man out is the same size but different color and inset a bit, it's AGP.

If you can take a piccy and post it we can very easily let you know.

KenM · Jun 24, 2005

That was my old card. I know its not PCI express because PCI express is too new.

Rackhir · Jun 24, 2005

Captain Tagon said:
It is a Dell I got like three years ago.

And I have an NVidia GeForce4 Ti 4200 with 64 mb RAM.

You have an AGP slot. PCIe didn't exist 3 years ago.

Captain Tagon · Jun 24, 2005

Cool, that nVidia that was linked earlier is AGP.

KenM · Jun 24, 2005

He could have a normal PCI slot. That would be bad if he did though.

Rackhir · Jun 24, 2005

KenM said:
He could have a normal PCI slot. That would be bad if he did though.

No. PCI slots haven't been used for the PRIMARY graphics card slot in more than 5 years and his video card was of a type never produced until well after AGP had taken over and it was only ever available in AGP.