Will this graphics card work in my pc?

[aesire100]

i have dell optiplex gx620 and my current graphics card is nvidia g force 7300gs.its an old and outdated card so i want to replace it with nvidia gt440.it requires 300watt power supply and the tag on power supply says MAX OUTPUT 305 WATT.its length is 5.7 inch and my current card is a bit longer than 6 inches.
so will it work in my pc?

 

[rolli59]

Yes it should fit unless you have a small form factor case.

 

[loneninja]

Make sure you have PCIe slot, the 7300gs is old enough it might be AGP. Otherwise it should work fine.

 

[cmi86]

+1 to lone ninja. On that note to avoid any issues try and find if the slot in your computer is a PCI-e 1.0 or 2.0 slot. I have heard (and experienced) issues running recent nvidia PCI-E 2.1 cards on a PCI-e 1.0 slot. If you have a 1.0 slot just find a 2.0 card, if you have a 2.0 slot go ahead and grab a 2.1 card as you will be fine.

All the same you might not have any issues at all, I am only suggesting this to potentially save you some head aches.

 

[rolli59]

GX620 has a PCIe X16 slot and Nvidia GT440 is a version 2.0 card! Hence my answer above!

 

[cmi86]

GX620 has a PCIe X16 slot and Nvidia GT440 is a version 2.0 card! Hence my answer above!

Hmm I could have sworn i saw 440's at MC on 2.1 oh well lol. Hey Rolli are you any good with SSD's ?
I have a thread over in HDD's I could use a hand on if you have some time.

Not to thread jack please continue folks.