Which PCI/e slots will work for a graphics card

FYI - I just bought a new dell 530 for my charting. Ordered it with no video card, saved $50 and bought 2 nVidia NVS cards on ebay for about $70 total (could probably get them cheaper but I did 'buy it now". Anyways they set up very easy. I am running 3 19" monitors on the 2 cards. One card is a nvs 285 pcie x16 and the second is nvs 280 pci. It's an easy way to go if you want dual cards.
 
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For 4 monitors, you can use a PCIE quad, but that's expensive.

You probably also have either 1 or 2 PCIE slots (an x16 + x1) and 1 or 2 PCI slots.

For a slim case, you can get a separate mounting bracket and swap with the ATX-case size bracket, if necessary.

Nvidia Quadro NVS will be easier to find and much less expensive than Matrox... unless you have an AGP mobo.
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I see, so it's the mounting bracket that affects the fit, not the card itself? Good to know.
 
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FYI - I just bought a new dell 530 for my charting. Ordered it with no video card, saved $50 and bought 2 nVidia NVS cards on ebay for about $70 total (could probably get them cheaper but I did 'buy it now". Anyways they set up very easy. I am running 3 19" monitors on the 2 cards. One card is a nvs 285 pcie x16 and the second is nvs 280 pci. It's an easy way to go if you want dual cards.
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Nice, I am thinking about getting the 530s. Was thinking the same thing though, order with no video card and just add 2 dual cards. I checked and it looks like the NVS 285 and 280 come in the small form fit, so they should work in the slim case. Thanks for the info!
 
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I see, so it's the mounting bracket that affects the fit, not the card itself? Good to know.
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Not quite. Video cards can be "full-height" and those probably won't fit into a Small Form Factor case. But all of the NVS cards are "half-height" (except for the 400 & 440 quads), and will work in virtually any ATX, BTX, or SSF case. The mounting bracket is removable/changeable to fit the case.
 
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Hmmm, would there be any cards compatible with the new spec? Or would the current PCIe cards still work with it?
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Any new spec mobo's will be backwards compatible with existing video cards. Probably none of the new cards have the new spec yet. However, overkill for anything except extreme graphics (gaming, CAD/CAM, 3D). Current version of PCIE has many times the necessary capability for trading.
 
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Not quite. Video cards can be "full-height" and those probably won't fit into a Small Form Factor case. But all of the NVS cards are "half-height" (except for the 400 & 440 quads), and will work in virtually any ATX, BTX, or SSF case. The mounting bracket is removable/changeable to fit the case.
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Gotcha, Thanks!
 
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Any new spec mobo's will be backwards compatible with existing video cards. Probably none of the new cards have the new spec yet. However, overkill for anything except extreme graphics (gaming, CAD/CAM, 3D). Current version of PCIE has many times the necessary capability for trading.
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Yeah, I just need it for trading. Thanks again for taking the time to answer my questions... gnome - 3 Dell guy - 0 :D
 
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