Comments on: STEP 15 : Install The Video Card http://www.pcmech.com Tech Powered Life... Simplified Tue, 14 May 2013 18:56:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Greg http://www.pcmech.com/byopc/step-15-install-the-video-card/#comment-40912 Greg Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:59:59 +0000 http://elabstudios.com/byopc/step-15-install-the-video-card/#comment-40912 AGP is NOT a thing of the past. I just put an ASRock 4Core Dual-SATA2 board in my box and I am running a Radeon HD3850 AGP card in it. It is good enough to play Fallout 3 on ‘high’ setting with no problems what-so-ever. That company did a good job of combining old technology with new.

]]> By: Leigh http://www.pcmech.com/byopc/step-15-install-the-video-card/#comment-33791 Leigh Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:45:09 +0000 http://elabstudios.com/byopc/step-15-install-the-video-card/#comment-33791 If the cage is removable then remove it if you dont use a floppy.

]]> By: AmEv http://www.pcmech.com/byopc/step-15-install-the-video-card/#comment-32470 AmEv Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:58:57 +0000 http://elabstudios.com/byopc/step-15-install-the-video-card/#comment-32470 I second this.
ISA slots are so old, they don’t even manufacture the plastic part anymore, let alone put them in boards.
PCI cards… I have a few, but they are pre-21th century.
AGP. The predecessor to PCI-E. AGP is now a thing of the past.

Yes, installation is the same.

]]> By: GreatEmerald http://www.pcmech.com/byopc/step-15-install-the-video-card/#comment-30087 GreatEmerald Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:21:12 +0000 http://elabstudios.com/byopc/step-15-install-the-video-card/#comment-30087 Wow, this page is really outdated… ISA? I’ve never even heard about a slot like that, neither have I heard about video cards in regular PCI slots… AGP are now outdated, too, PCI Express is what video cards use, and unfortunately there’s no mention about them here… Though their installation is the same as described here with other slots.

]]> By: Darrell http://www.pcmech.com/byopc/step-15-install-the-video-card/#comment-26566 Darrell Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:03:13 +0000 http://elabstudios.com/byopc/step-15-install-the-video-card/#comment-26566 Ok i did a new build, and it worked great. That is until i was playing nwn online and it locked up! I had to turn it off, and reboot it now i get no vid output to my mon. Can any one please help me as i have no idea what to do. Thanks!!!

]]> By: chuck http://www.pcmech.com/byopc/step-15-install-the-video-card/#comment-21240 chuck Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:12:11 +0000 http://elabstudios.com/byopc/step-15-install-the-video-card/#comment-21240 Update, I wasnt wrong. I just listend to the wrong person about installation. After tons of coffee and a lot of searching on the internet the card is in and fits like a glove. I live 200 miles from any kind of computer store so I’m on my own with this project. This website is the best I have seen for a first timer like me. I’ve learned a lot from it and, the questions and answers posted by others.
Thanks. I’ll post again when it’s fired up and running.

]]> By: chuck http://www.pcmech.com/byopc/step-15-install-the-video-card/#comment-21214 chuck Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:27:11 +0000 http://elabstudios.com/byopc/step-15-install-the-video-card/#comment-21214 Ok this is my very first attempt at building a computer and I’m lovin it but, now I’m stuck. I have a MSI P45 platinum Motherboard. This is off the MSI website:
PCI-Ex16 2
PCI-E Gen 2.0 Gen2 (1×16, 1×8)
PCI-Ex1 2
PCI 2
I bought this card from Newegg:
EVGA 01G-P3-N959-TR GeForce 9500 GT 1GB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card .

Problem 1, the card is way to wide to fit thru the expansion slot.
My idea was to take the metal bracket off and put the card in thru the back side then replace the metal bracket. The card fit perfect into the pci-e slot. the problem then was the card sits so high that the bracket cant be screwed back on.
I thought I was doing good by matching stuff up: PCI express 2.0 x16, DDR2 all that good stuff but as usuall I guess I was wrong. I looked at the MSI website for what fits but that just lost me even more.
Can somebody explain to me what I did wrong and tell me exactly what I can use. I dont need a high end card. I’ll get all that fancy stuff for my next computer (after I learn from building this one). I’m using the 530 watt PSU that came with the Raidmax case so I would like to keep the amps this card takes low if possible. PSU says 20 Amps at 12Volts
Thanks.
-Chuck-

]]> By: Rob http://www.pcmech.com/byopc/step-15-install-the-video-card/#comment-13303 Rob Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:18:39 +0000 http://elabstudios.com/byopc/step-15-install-the-video-card/#comment-13303 The biggest problem I had, was getting the card into the case…I used a 9800GTX, which is much bigger than I thought. It kept catching on the 3.5″ cages when I tried to put it in. I eventually got it though, but it’s a very tight squeeze.

My advice is to make sure that the case is actually big enough to take some of the larger cards. If the cages were a couple of millimetres bigger, the card wouldn’t have been able to fit in!

]]> By: sda http://www.pcmech.com/byopc/step-15-install-the-video-card/#comment-12035 sda Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:03:48 +0000 http://elabstudios.com/byopc/step-15-install-the-video-card/#comment-12035 I think nearly everyone building their own PC is going to opt for a graphics card over integrated graphics, though.

]]> By: Ha http://www.pcmech.com/byopc/step-15-install-the-video-card/#comment-10587 Ha Sun, 25 May 2008 03:24:02 +0000 http://elabstudios.com/byopc/step-15-install-the-video-card/#comment-10587 I think this article should mention that some mobo’s have integrated graphics.

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