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Had a look inside, there's only one PCI-e slot, though it will run with the side panel off. From the cards I've been looking at it seems I would need a new 400w power supply as well, is that even worth doing? Or should I just forget about DA:I until I an afford a cheap(ish) gaming pc? I'm a student so my budget is not fantastic.
Sorry about any stupid questions/my awkward pc, I only got into pc gaming a couple years after I bought the thing.
@Chouxie wrote:
Had a look inside, there's only one PCI-e slot, though it will run with the side panel off. From the cards I've been looking at it seems I would need a new 400w power supply as well, is that even worth doing? Or should I just forget about DA:I until I an afford a cheap(ish) gaming pc? I'm a student so my budget is not fantastic.
Sorry about any stupid questions/my awkward pc, I only got into pc gaming a couple years after I bought the thing.
Technically, the cards involved absorb BACKPLANE spaces, also sometime referred to as slots as well, so that any adjacent "slot" has its space overshadowed by the "two slot" card that actually is only physically plugged into the one PCIe16 video interface. Without illustrations, and I don't try that in this area, my explanation is only a ghost compared to a great deal more detailed articles that you can refer to on the internet.
Generally speaking I really dislike the cases that the OEMs tend to use. The link above is just to use for reference.