I'm very confused. Is the video card loose inside the computer and I just have to plug it into the mainboard, or do I have to buy it separately?
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It has two video.the r250 video is below the audio. The one next to the USB is onboard video.
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It doesn't need any extra power. what do you mean with that "old 2 pin" ? When I tried it the first time it didn't give any video output, but then I went to the bios setup and set to use the PCI card as main video device. Then it booted normally.
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Replace your motherboard for a Gigabyte motherboard by example. They have PCI-Express x1 ports available in their motherboards. PCI-Express x16 is for video card adapters !
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Thanks for the advice. I'm currently holding off on a new video card, because my desktop would require a new power source and fan to run it. (I actually have a power source/fan combo that I could install, but I like the quiet, low power status quo.) I guess I should pick a monitor that can keep up when I finally bite the bullet and get a card, though.
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There's not in mine, but there is a slot in the back that I think you could add it the way I added the video card.
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I'm not certain what the size of that card is, but you're going to have a problem with the power supply. It drives my onboard video fine but not a stand-alone card.
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you dont have problem with this...the video card has a port pci express 2.0 and the motherboard that you described has three ports pci express 3.0 but dont have problem...it fits correctly
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This video card uses the power that comes directly from the slot on the motherboard. You will not need any additional power connections to run this video card. Just insert it into your motherboard and you are done. One of the most attractive features of this item. Great performance and ease of installation.
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You need to connect the monitor to the graphics card and not to the motherboard. The graphics cards DVI outs are the two located next to each other around the middle of the tower on the back.
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This is a joke, right? You're spending $2000 on video cards and you're plugging them into a micro-atx motherboard that only supports dual channel ram and whose pci-e slots will clock down to x8 with two cards installed. The bridge will work fine, but I'm betting this is a spam question.
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do I need anything else with this I am buying for my son so i have no idea want to make sure he can install it on Christmas and not need anything else he has a gaming computer he wants to play a certain game and his graphics card won't play the game
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Is not necessary, because inside the mother board you can take the HDMI video output to connect to any HD screen, but if you wish can install an additional graphics card.
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It is supposed to be connected to the motherboard. I think it can be connected to your motherboard since this pci card gets fitted in a pci bus slot provided in every motherboard.
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The power cord comes from the power supply, not the motherboard. It has the prongs to fit in the motherboard build in, just like all graphics card do.
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Hi Faith. it is very difficult to upgrade a laptop video as most all of them are part of the motherboard they also do not have a pci slot. in a rare circumstances its a different type of card because of room and heat requirements. also you have to disassemble the entire laptop to see if it can even be upgraded. Sorry I could not help you more. Maxing out the Ram is about the only help the graphics performance
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Hi David, that typically is not an applicable question for mother boards that do not have an integrated graphics card system, as is the case with this one. This motherboard requires a stand-alone video card solution. If you get any decent video card made in the past 6 years, chances are it will have an hdmi and dvi port (for vga, simply use a dvi-to-vga cable converter, which comes with almost every single video card you buy).
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As Althea stated, there are 2 connections available. One on the top (on the motherboard itself) and one on the bottom (on the video card.) The ones on the top are disabled because the ones on the bottom are the active ones. Be sure to use the bottom ones. They pass through the video card which provides your more powerful graphics experience. No need to return it.