New Graphics card compatible with PCI express x 1 or x 16 slot

rjeneen

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Hi. I'm trying to buy a new graphics card for my Dell Inspiron 530 but here are the specs:

Your Dell™ computer provides the following slots for PCI and PCI Express cards:

* One PCI Express x16 card slot (SLOT1)

* One PCI Express x1 card slot (SLOT2)

* Two PCI card slots (SLOT3, SLOT4)

All of the new cards I see are Express 2.0 and might say compatible with 1.1 but I don't see anything about being compatible with Express 1 or x Express x 16. Am I missing something? Is there a graphics card I can buy? Preferably one that doesn't need more than 300 watts since I don't want to upgrade my power supply.

Many thanks!