[SOLVED] I'm not sure if my graphics card will fit with my motherboard.

[Aphotyx]

I have an MSI - GAMING X NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER 6GB GDDR6 PCI Express 3.0 graphics card, and an ASUS X570 TUF Gaming Plus (WI-FI) AMD AM4 ATX Motherboard. The system requirements on the graphics card says it needs a "PCI Express dual-width x16 graphics slot" I don't know if mine has a dual-width and what this means. Can someone tell me what dual-width is and even maybe if it will fit?

Thanks in advance,
Aphotyx

 

[alexoiu]

It will work. Dual-width refers to the width of the card (two slots taken), which is common to nowadays card.

 

[Obakasama]

The dual width mentioned is to do with the thickness of the graphics card. So it will depend on whether there is anything in particular you have installed beneath the main x16 slot on the motherboard. The back of the case, where the outputs are, means you'll need two spaces for it; hence dual width.

The graphics card will install into the slot on the motherboard itself without issue.

 

[Phillip Corcoran]

"2-slot width" simply means that although it only has one edge connector just like any other graphics card, it's extra width means that it will render the adjacent slot unusable.

 

[Wolfshadw]

-Wolf sends

 

[alexoiu]

How many moderators does it take to solve this complicate issue?