# Wrong video card?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-video-card/671949
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [October 22, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-video-card/671949 "2013-10-22T18:13:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@MuleSkinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MuleSkinner)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2013, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-video-card/671949/1 "2013-10-22T18:13:44Z")
I have the following mobo and video card.
> **[Used - Very Good: GIGABYTE GA-EP43-UD3L LGA 775 ATX Intel Motherboard -...](https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813128380)**
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> Buy Used - Very Good: GIGABYTE GA-EP43-UD3L LGA 775 Intel P43 ATX Intel Motherboard with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Once you know, you Newegg!
> **[SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7770 Video Card 100358L - Newegg.com](https://www.newegg.com/sapphire-radeon-hd-7770-100358l/p/N82E16814202011)**
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> Buy SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7770 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card 100358L with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Once you know, you Newegg!
I needed to purchase a new video card so I got this one:
> **[ASUS GeForce GTX 650 Video Card GTX650-E-1GD5 - Newegg.com](https://www.newegg.com/asus-geforce-gtx-650-gtx650-e-1gd5/p/N82E16814121710)**
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> Buy ASUS GeForce GTX 650 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Video Card GTX650-E-1GD5 with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Once you know, you Newegg!
My mother board slot is split in two sections but the new video card isn’t. I guess I have to return it. What should I be looking for in the specifications when I shop for another one?
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### Author:  [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2013, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-video-card/671949/2 "2013-10-22T18:20:15Z")
Those are both PCI express video cards and should easily fit in the same slot…can you link pics of what you mean by “split into two slots”
If you mean the double height back plates, that does not matter, worst case you just have an open spot on the back of case.
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### Author:  [@MuleSkinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MuleSkinner)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-video-card/671949/3 "2013-10-22T18:34:13Z")
If you click on my second link (the old video card) you can see a pic of the part that plugs into the mobo. See how the first about ten pins is separated from the rest of the long strip of pins by a slot? The new card doesn’t have that and my mobo does. I don’t see how it can fit without a slot in the card.
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### Author:  [@MuleSkinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MuleSkinner)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-video-card/671949/4 "2013-10-22T18:43:17Z")
I’m so stupid! There was a protective cover on it that I didn’t take off. Sorry for the waste of time.
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### Author:  [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wrong-video-card/671949/5 "2013-10-22T19:45:22Z")
Just wanted to point out that going from a 7770 to a 650 is a downgrade, just FYI.