Sorry Tv but you gave me a few laughs at putting the gpu the wrong way up, your lucky you didnt damage anything :) at leat you know not to do that next time SPBoss

Yea, I can laugh of my clumsiness :P But I had a manual how to avoid damage etc and was pretty carefull with placing it. Thanks everyone for quick response before my graphic card was already sold :D

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[QUOTE="kaitanuvax"]

Pics? Don't really know what you mean.

ionusX

The outputs of my graphic card is on the wrong side to fit. Instead of that the output is pointing out of the computer, it is now pointing to the computer itself and the outputs should be pointing out of the computer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gpu-connector.jpg Those things

no the card goes in upside down.. like so

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfhsBR8hiGA

actually 90% of cards go that way nowadays.. in fact i cant think of one single card in the past 4 amd gens and past 5 nvidia gens that went fan side up. fanside up causes cpu heat spikes which si why no one bothers with it anymore unless its a silent running gpu (no fansink)

it shoots the hot air it expels right into the heatsinks on cpu's missing the fan that would normally cool that air on the cpu fansink.. causing it to run hotter than normal or have periodic heat spikes and in extreme cases cause pc's to turn off ;P

this should be on top:

http://xtreview.com/images/8800gtx-amd64-x2/09_pcb-back.jpg

not this

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ChXLecikL.jpg

You sir are a god! Thanks man, this worked! Now im running with my new video card. Thaaaaaaaaaaaaaanks!

[QUOTE="Pitbullit"]

It doesn't fit good. The back of the computer (where you can link cables with the computer) is on the wrong side to fit with the graphic card (hd4850 ATI). I'm thinking to sell this one and go to a computer store for advice. I'm really depressed it doesn't fit, because I was so cheered up when the card arrived. Do you guys got some advice?

Thanks.

kaitanuvax

Pics? Don't really know what you mean.

The outputs of my graphic card is on the wrong side to fit. Instead of that the output is pointing out of the computer, it is now pointing to the computer itself and the outputs should be pointing out of the computer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gpu-connector.jpg Those things

It doesn't fit good. The back of the computer (where you can link cables with the computer) is on the wrong side to fit with the graphic card (hd4850 ATI). I'm thinking to sell this one and go to a computer store for advice. I'm really depressed it doesn't fit, because I was so cheered up when the card arrived. Do you guys got some advice?

Thanks.

[QUOTE="Pitbullit"]

Ah, found it! Do you know if the video card is compatible with:

Intel(R) 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port - 2E21

Intel(R) ICH10 Family PCI Express Root Port 1 - 3A40

Intel(R) ICH10 Family PCI Express Root Port 5 - 3A48

Intel(R) ICH10 Family PCI Express Root Port 6 - 3A4A

It doesn't say PCI-Express 2.0 so I'm not sure:D

swehunt

The video card says it needs PCI Express 2.0 x16. Why does it ask for a 2.0 if the 1.1 works too?

Ah, found it! Do you know if the video card is compatible with:

Intel(R) 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port - 2E21 [NoDB]

Intel(R) ICH10 Family PCI Express Root Port 1 - 3A40 [NoDB]

Intel(R) ICH10 Family PCI Express Root Port 5 - 3A48 [NoDB]

Intel(R) ICH10 Family PCI Express Root Port 6 - 3A4A [NoDB]

It doesn't say PCI-Express 2.0 so I'm not sure:D

[QUOTE="Pitbullit"]

Thanks for replies! I'm gonna take the 512 mb because I usually play at 1024x768 and my monitor is about 16 inch.

swehunt

Yea, I have read that :) btw Does anyone know a program to check if you have a pci-express slot 16x or must I just open my pc?

Thanks for replies! I'm gonna take the 512 mb because I usually play at 1024x768 and my monitor is about 16 inch.

I'm going to buy a Sapphire HD4850, but I'm not sure to bu the 512mb version or the 1gb. Is the money worth to buy the 1gb? Is it a big difference in graphics?

Thanks!

And btw, when I have this, can I just plug it in my computer? I think I have the right slot for the card.

My specs are

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz
4 GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

Battlefield Bad Company 2, Mass Effect 2, Fallout 3, Maffia 2. Can't really choose of those 4.

I only played the Battlefield BC2 beta and it was awesome, but the only thing was that my computer wasn't strong enough. About Mass Effect 2, the story is really impressive and the gameplay is cool too. Fallout 3 has an epic story and epic fights. Maffia 2 was almost perfect, but the story could been a bit of 10-20 missions longer.

That was my contribution to this topic.