NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT and Dell xps 8700?

[kittski]

Hi! Ya'll can laugh if you want as I know just enough to be dangerous and this may be a silly question. .

I own a Dell XP8700 and just upgraded the RAM (24GB) and added a 3TB harddrive. (Yay me!) While poking around my electronics stash, I came across a new graphics card I had purchased for upgrade on a computer that died before I got around to installing it. The card is a NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT. My computer currently has a NVIDIA GeForce GT 635.

I know the 7900 is old, but I was wondering if:
1. it's compatible with my XPS8700 ?
2. would it be worth throwing it in there?
3. is it something a noob could likley install? (I'm fairly handy, just never tried anything other than RAM and harddrive upgrades.)

 

[dontlistentome]

It should be compatible, unless it needs a power connector your power supply doesn't have. Installing it shouldn't be any more difficult than installing ram.

The problem is the tech on it is old enough to not be useful anymore. The GT 635 is no hotrod but it has the CUDA cores and vram and Direct X support to be useful in many games and tasks.

 

[drtweak]

It may not work. I know at least on the Dell OptiPlex line starting with the 4th Gen they no longer supported PCIe V1 on their motherboards. The XPS may be different though. PCIe 2.0 will work though for sure.

 

[kittski]

Thanks a bunch for the info guys, that's what I had assumed. It was worth asking though. So my next post will be, "Rare vintage computer parts for sale". lol