Advice on GPU's please

[ICIT2LOL]

Have a rejuvenated Compaq desktop with an ASUS A8M2N-LA board and want to fit a card in for DVI and cannot fit any of the old spares that I have except one which has a noisy fan and would prefer a "silent" one.
I have no experience with these things could anyone let me what to do or why the card shown without the fan one will not fit the PCI slot?

 

[stormy13]

Might be because it is an AGP card, not PCI-E.

 

[Golden]

^ What he said

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Thanks fellas for your time and patience will have to shop around for a silent then.

 

[essenbe]

Maybe this will help

 

[carwiz]

That top board is for the old AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port). Haven't seen one of those in years. Probably dates before the turn of the centry. (circa Windows 95)

 

[ICIT2LOL]

That top board is for the old AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port). Haven't seen one of those in years. Probably dates before the turn of the centry. (circa Windows 95)

Yeah have got a drawer full of them ah well they can go in the bin then. Oh and yeah essenbe they are what they looked like in the old machines I pulled them out of - I suppose I could hang on to them for the golden oldies eh?

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Then you can always install an aftermarket cooler to the noisy card that fits?
Zalman VF1000 LED VGAGPU Cooler - 80mm Blue LED Fan, 2 Ball Bearing, 4x Heatpipes, Fan Controller at TigerDirect

 

[carwiz]

Thanks fellas for your time and patience will have to shop around for a silent then.

Why not just replace the fan? Is it making noise (bad bearing) or spins too fast?

 

[ICIT2LOL]

Hum thats given me an idea maybe theres a way of fixing an Arctic 80mm direct to the card and do away with the fan. Or just buy a new silent - it was after all just out of an old recycler - suppose they aren't that expensive eh? and it's only for the DVI.

 

[Solarstarshines]

Might be because it is an AGP card, not PCI-E.

I call foul i wanted to say AGP first lmao