Question 1

I can't get this to work in any x1 slots, defeats the whole purpose.... any suggestions?

Accepted Answer

I do not know exactly your skill level, or the other PCI-e components plugged in, so forgive me for guessing or if I over simplify. If you are using this card to run a second monitor, it may be deactivated in the operating system. In Settings, System, Display, you can see if there is a second monitor showing and activate it (Extend Desktop to this monitor dropdown near the bottom of the screen). Another possibility is you are using a slot that is being taken by something else. Most consumer motherboards cannot use all of the slots to their full capacity. Example a 16x slot with a 16x device in it may disable a 1x slot. There are not enough PCI-E lanes in a consumer computer to use all of the slots to their full capacity. Usually (but not always) it is the last slot (closest to the right side of the motherboard) that gets taken by earlier slots. Try moving the card to slots farther in on the motherboard. If it works there, that is your problem (you can plug in a 1x device into a 16x slot without any issue). If you have any 8x or 4x devices, you might be able to swap it out for the second to last slot possibly enabling the 1x slot. Last possible issue is if you have an AMD video card and drivers on the computer, and no NVIDIA drivers installed. Try installing the NVIDIA drivers THEN install the card.  If none of these things are the issue, you may have a bad card. There are several other things that a Computer tech might try, but this is not a good forum to describe them. Example in device manager, see if it shows up there with a yellow warning or red X and uninstall it and reinstall it from there.

Question 2

does windows 10 support this card?

Accepted Answer

Hello Ken, It seemed to, i got the card for a odd build an tried it out, i did have a screen with windows 10, but the project is still not together,

Question 3

can anybody tell me the size of the card height itself (not the i/o bracket). need for a itx mobo in a slimline media center?

Accepted Answer

its a standard low profile gpu, however to get it to fit in a sff you would have to disconnect the vga port (its removable) and the entire bracket and replace it with a LP bracket that matches the video ports on the gpu.

Question 4

will the graphics be good on this card when playing virtue reality games like secondlife ? world of war craft?

Accepted Answer

No and no! This is not a gaming card. This is a low power/low VRAM graphics card suited for any system that needs basic display functionality.

Question 5

can I have two monitors with this card?

Accepted Answer

Indeed it does, provided you have the proper cables to connect from this to your monitor. FYI you cannot go from VGA (blue) to HDMI (flat) or DVI (white) into the monitor since VGA is an analog signal and the others are digital. Be weary of these cable on sites since they cannot do anything unless there is a built in inverter to change the signal from analog to digital.

Question 6

Will this card, or other PCIEx1 GPUs fit in a Dell Latitude e6410?

Accepted Answer

No, this or any pciexpress card will not work with your laptop, you would need an external laptop video card, also this card is probably less powerful than your graphics card, it's made as a replacement for what is getting to be legacy hardware from 15 years ago.

Question 7

Is this compatible with a Dell OptiPlex 390 (DT)?

Accepted Answer

I can't say "No" for certain but I just tried the card on an OptiPlex 210L and it did not work.   Also, be very careful if you are trying to use this with another GPU as that can be problematic as well.  I moved the card to another desktop with an existing GeForce GT 610 and they would not play together in Win10.  Could have been the desktop I was using (HP DC7900).  However, the card worked beautifully as a stand alone GPU in the DC7900.

Question 8

the screen is blank when the computer boots from either the on board video and also the new video card. when video card is removed the
on- board video works again.
the suggested power supply is 300W.
what if power supply is only 230 Watts doe this really affect the card not working?

Accepted Answer

The issue has nothing to do with your power supply. Your motherboard detected a video card conflict and is unable to make up its mind. Go to system BIOS and see whether video card settings are set to AUTO or explicitly to onboard video card.

Question 9

Can I use this card to connect multiple screens?

Accepted Answer

Yes, you can use this card to connect multiple screens as it supports multi-monitor setup with 3 ports: 1 HDMI, 1 VGA, and 1 Dual-link DVI.

Question 10

Is this video card compatible with PCI Express 1?

Accepted Answer

Yes, the ZOTAC GeForce GT 710 Graphics Card is compatible with PCI Express x1.

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