[SOLVED] What PCI slot do I have?

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WinDroidTech

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So before buying a graphics card, I was looking for what PCI slot I have whether it's PCI-E or 4 or 8 or 16
I searched online and got confused in the results. As far as I can think it looks like it's a PCI 4 slot. Please guys have a look at this images and tell me what is the slot. Thanks in advance

IMG1-https://ibb.co/ygKP6L8
or https://i.ibb.co/TPJ24zH/IMG-20191128-200041.jpg

IMG2-https://ibb.co/JCBnC2Z
or https://i.ibb.co/4JmWJMk/IMG-20191128-200041.jpg

IMG3-https://ibb.co/wz00JQX
or https://i.ibb.co/S3ssQm8/IMG-20191128-200108.jpg
 
Solution
Intels white paper on the G31/Z31 motherboards indicates a PCI-E 1.1 expansion slot is available if the motherboard maker chooses to implement one. If there's one available the one to use will be the slot closest to the CPU and it should have a GPU card lock on the end towards the middle of the motherboard...regular PCI slots do not have a lock to hold a GPU in place and are not for GPU use.

The real issue here is it is only a PCI-E 1.0 slot so you'll be very limited in GPU options...make sure the GPU you buy is backwards PCI-E 1.1 compliant. I know it's possible (but not guaranteed) to run a newer GPU in an older PCI-E slot...but even if it works doing so will limit the GPU's performance substantially if you choose to do so.
This is for my old PC. So I don't care that much about efficiency, I don't want to play Red Dead 2 here, just make the PC faster and make it video watchable and play small game(released before 2010)

I just want to make sure that it physically fits into my PC maybe at reduced bandwidth.

Before you buy any GPU, you need to know the PSU and the PSU's quality. Not to help you play Red Dead 2, but to keep your PC from being red dead.
 
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