what is 4x and 8x on video cards ??

[flavor]

ok i got a gateway 300s with the case the way it is my new video card will not even fit in it. it is PCI and my new comp got 3 slots for pci but where you got the screw to hold it in the metal on the card is about 4 inch's and for the case it is only 2 inch what cards can i use

 

[MournSanity]

Sounds like you have no AGP slot. Or something, I can't tell from the way you write. Oh, and welcome to Anandtech.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Welcome to the forums

It sounds like what you are trying to ask is: "what low-profile PCI video cards can I buy for my Gateway?" correct?

A good tool to learn here is the search box, and when that fails the Advanced Search link. I used Advanced Search and the keyword "profile" to find this list of cards

If that doesn't help, you might try doing the search yourself since I stopped looking after finding that one.

 

[Crashman]

You have what is called a low profile slot. These suck. Anyway, what I do in that situation is go to newegg.com and look at all video cards using "sumarry view" which gives you thumbnails of the pictures. Then I look at all the thumbnails to see which ones are low profile. None of them have low profile brackets there, but I bend and cut the full height brackets down on low profile cards.

You could always try mounting your card without the bracket, but I doubt the lid will close. Even then, your connections will probably be too high for the slot, unless it's a low profile card with a full height bracket.

 

[Ionizer86]

Err, if it's white, it's probably PCI. If it's brown, it's probably AGP. Also, with the card in the board, if the metal holder is mostly on the power supply of the board, it's a PCI card, and if the metal holder is mostly on the lower side, it's AGP (hmm, make any sense)?