help GAINWARD 8500 wont fit my pc

freeze4real

I bought a new GPU gainward 8500 and it wont fit my pc.

The red stuff can fit the slot as its too fat.

what should i do ?

Jonny7

freeze4real wrote: »

I bought a new GPU gainward 8500 and it wont fit my pc.

The red stuff can fit the slot as its too fat.

what should i do ?

Need to be more descriptive. Photos would be better.

What is blocking the graphics card? is it too long or too wide? etc

freeze4real

I originally thought that to install gpu i must slot them from the outside.

Now i fixed it the right way and its slanted.

it seems my motherboard base plate is not fixed right. it removed earlier and i couldn't fix it right.

Spear

Lots of basic questions to be asked here.

Is it an Nvidia 8500 based card? Who sold that as new?

Is it AGP or PCI-E?

What motherboard do you have?

How could it be at an angle if you've screwed it onto the case?

PseudoFamous

freeze4real wrote: »

I originally thought that to install gpu i must slot them from the outside.

Are you sure that computer building is really for you?

freeze4real

Spear wrote: »

Lots of basic questions to be asked here.

Is it an Nvidia 8500 based card? Who sold that as new?

Is it AGP or PCI-E?

What motherboard do you have?

How could it be at an angle if you've screwed it onto the case?

its a PCI-E card.

normally when you install a gpu the slope must be aligned, its should be in a straight line.

But mine is not, the motherboard back plate is not aligned properly in turn this is affecting the motherboard.

Spear

freeze4real wrote: »

its a PCI-E card.

normally when you install a gpu the slope must be aligned, its should be in a straight line.

But mine is not, the motherboard back plate is not aligned properly in turn this is affecting the motherboard.

What model motherboard is it?

freeze4real

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Spear

It should fit that board, so it seems we need a photo to see what's happening.

freeze4real

i removed the whole motherboard and re set the pl;ate so it worked it fits properly now

could someone tell me what the while 2 pin slot is on the GPU.

cheers

Spear

Looks like a fan power header.

freeze4real

But a gainward 8500gt has no fan.

deconduo

freeze4real wrote: »

But a gainward 8500gt has no fan.

Its there if you ever want to add a fan

Tea_Bag

I hope you got that card for very little money?

freeze4real

Tea_Bag wrote: »

I hope you got that card for very little money?

I got it for 15e.

Is it a **** or crappy card ?

uberpixie

freeze4real wrote: »

I got it for 15e.

Is it a **** or crappy card ?

It won't be good for playing any game bar solitaire!;)

€15 to just display to a screen is a good price though.

freeze4real

uberpixie wrote: »

It won't be good for playing any game bar solitaire!;)

€15 to just display to a screen is a good price though.

Thats okay then, the only game i play is avp2.

whoch is better ATI radeon 9550 pci or this gainward 8500

aN.Droid

freeze4real wrote: »

Thats okay then, the only game i play is avp2.

whoch is better ATI radeon 9550 pci or this gainward 8500

The 8500 is a better card. Don't expect any of the latest games to run with it though :P

cherryghost

Limericks wrote: »

The 8500 is a better card. Don't expect any of the latest games to run with it though :P

T'wil run most games on lowest settings at an acceptable framerate. I haz one lying around somewhere.