Newbie needs help with his vid card ;D

[jonathanmay]

I bought a Dell Inspiron 530 recently, and I want to replace the video card that came with it with an EVGA Ge-Force 9800GTX+. However, EVGA supports PCI-E 2.0 , and my comp only has 1 PCI-E x 16 slot. I don't know if the two are compatiable... will you guys please help me ;D?

Here are links to the two products, in case you need references:

Dell Inspiron 530:
http://www.dell.com/content/product...s=dhs&cs=19&~oid=us~en~29~inspndt_530_anav6~~

EVGA GeForce 9800 GTX+
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130376

The New 500W Power Supply that I will buy for the new card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703016

Thank you for your help!
And... if 9800GTX+ doesnt work out, will you recommend any other nice cards? My budget is 100-200 dollars, and I want to be able to play BioShock or The Witcher on the high settings without any lag. >:3

 

[Mustardsky]

yup should work on your comp

 

[Mez]

you might want to get a 600+w power supply. AND make sure that your case can fit the card. From the picture it looks like a micro atx case.

 

[jonathanmay]

But I think this is the only one that can fit my PC:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817703016

and its 500W

Is it really necessary to get a 600 W? I will not upgrade my PC anymore and I just basically kept all the stuff that came with my PC, except for the RAM, for which I upgraded to 3GB.