Ati Radeon

[jennamarae]

My husband just bought an Ati Radeon 9550 video card to upgrade our computer and I was trying to install it, but the card won't fit into the slot. This is the first time I've tried to install hardware on our computer so I was wondering if certain cards are only compatible with certain computers?

 

[Osiris]

if it wont fit is probably pci.

 

[jennamarae]

Ok. How do I figure out which card to get when I take this one back so I get the right one next time?

 

[Osiris]

you need to ask for agp. Now if he has a pci slot, you can use it.

Here is a pic of both
See the red one on top, thats agp, the bottom ones are pci

Different versions of pci

 

[mike4realz]

i think her new card is agp and she probably doesn't have an agp slot.