The graphics card should go into the first PCI Express x16 slot. However, lower slots are usually capable of running the card as well. Slot Selection and Compatibility ...

What’s in a Card. Graphics cards are impressive pieces of hardware. Let’s take a look at what one of the latest cards, an Nvidia GeForce GTX 680, looks like when it’s stripped bare.

And here is what the entire PCI Express slot looks like without a graphics card in the way: This mechanism only require you to press on it once to unlock your graphics card; ...

If in doubt, look up your motherboard make online to get a good idea of what it looks like. Once the clip is relaxed, carefully lift the card out of the PCIe slot.

Here the Dragon Scale design of the Intel Xe series is much longer, with still a single squirrel cage type blower fan and also a dual-slot design. In the rear of the card, power delivery is ...