I'm not exactly sure if this is the right place, Anyhow I'm thinking of buy a graphic card for my Pentium 4 "pci only" found but it's a pci but requirements are Express-compliant system power supply; available PCI Express 2.0 slot. is it mistaken or something what' the drifferent bewteen PCI 2.0 slot and PCI express 2.0 slot. full specs.

Computer: inter(r) pentium(r) 4 cpu 2.8GH Z 280GHZ, 504 MB of RAM (i got two sticks both 256 shouldn't i have 512?) This is the direct link to the graphic card

This are the graphic card specs:

BFG - NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 512MB DDR2 PCI Graphics Card
Powered by the GeForce 8400 GS graphics processing unit (GPU)
512MB DDR2 memory
PCI interface
Core clock speed: 567MHz; dual 400MHz RAMDACs
2560 x 1600 at 60Hz maximum digital resolution at 32-bit color for ultrarealistic gaming experiences
PureVideo HD processor delivers improved picture clarity, smooth video, accurate color and precise image scaling
NVIDIA ForceWare provides enhanced performance and speed, stunning visual quality and unified driver architecture (UDA) to ensure forward and backward compatibility with hardware and software
Supports Microsoft DirectX 10 and OpenGL 2.0 with Shader Model 4.0 for Microsoft Windows Vista or XP
1 dual-link DVI-I, VGA and 1 TV output; HDCP-capable
Includes software CD-ROM
video memory 512 DDR
interface slot type PCI only says PCI not PCI e x16 or other stuff
systems requirements: Windows XP or Vista; 256MB RAM; 100MB available hard drive space; 300W PCI Express-compliant system power supply; available PCI Express 2.0 slot; CD-ROM drive



Um thing on top of the box says PCI so i assume it works for my motherboard pci bus or 2.0 pci w/e its call color of slot our white not black. will this work for me ? if not know any other graphic card for pci for same price or less? it did not let me post the link but if you go to bestbuy dot com and type in BFG - NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 512MB DDR2 PCI Graphics Card or just graphic card it will show up anywahs help or tips will be appreceate thank you.

"(i got two sticks both 256 shouldn't i have 512?)"...

Your motherboard is taking some memory for the on-board video. What is your motherboards model number? The "new" PCI video card should work though. Remember to disable the on-board video before you install the new video card. It wouldn't hurt to bump the memory to 1GB

Well, the nvidia geforce 8400gs requires a pci-express 1.0 slot.
Since u have p4,i assume it may have a pci slot. So ur 8400gs is not going to work. A pci-e card is not backward compatible with with pci.but a pci-e 2.0 card is backward compatible with pci-e 1.0
i recently installed a 9500gt pci-e 2.0 in my pci-e 1.0 slot

I saw this card in a PCI configuration at Best Buy for $99

yes I saw 3 why would theere be two of the same? here are their spec

this one is like mine only drifferent it's pci-e and cheaper
BFG - NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 512MB DDR2 PCI Express Graphics Card $64.99
Interface Slot Type PCI Express x16
System Requirements Windows XP or Vista; 256MB RAM; 100MB available hard drive space; 300W PCI Express-compliant system power supply; PCI Express compliant motherboard; available PCI Express x16 slot; CD-ROM drive

now this is another one but it's priCey
BFG - NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 1GB DDR2 PCI Express Graphics Card $129.99
Interface Slot Type PCI Express x16
System Requirements Windows XP or Vista; 512MB RAM; 100MB hard drive space; optical drive; PCI Express-compliant motherboard; available PCI Express x16 slot; 350W power supp

now this is the one i was thinking of buying
BFG - NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 512MB DDR2 PCI Graphics Card $99.99
Interface Slot Type PCI
now right here is what i was lost on why is it asking for this

System RequirementsWindows XP or Vista; 256MB RAM; 100MB available hard drive space; 300W PCI Express-compliant system power supply; available PCI Express 2.0 slot; CD-ROM drive ??????

idk its a HP Compaq d220 Microtower Desktop PC

its old one only got white PCI

even i am confused.if ur 8400gs is a pci one,how can it ask for a pci-e slot?
ur card should work if u r sure it has pci.
there may be something wrong with the packaging.

i think its pci

Yeah man, I'll buy it and see what happens perhaps the discription is just incorrect wouldn't make since at all being two of the same i assumed pci costs more because it's for pci and pci e cheaper because theres lots of models of graphic cards for pci e. I found this and should work for me. if not i will be returning it. Thank you guys for the help i appreceate it alot. i'll let you guys know how it goes