How do i know what kind of video card my dell gx280 can use?

Well i want to get a pci express card for my dell gx280, How do i know if it will work with the computer? This is the card http://www.ebay.com/itm/1G-GeForce-GT-24…|||It depends on which GX280 you have. See this link:

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/sy…



The GT240 in your link is a standard height card and will only fit inside the Small Mini Tower and Mini Tower systems. The other 3 models of the GX280 don't have enough internal space for a standard height card, and also have weak power supplies that can't support a GT240 AND your system.



In the above link, the Small Form-Factor Computer only has a 160W power supply, that, even though it has a pci-e x16 slot, is unable to support a graphics card AND the system.



The Small Desktop Computer has a 210W power supply that *might* be able to support a low profile (due to the case size), low power pci-e x16 graphics cards such as the Radeon HD 5450 and HD 6450 which only draw around 20W, but are designed for Home Theater use rather than gaming.



The Desktop Computer has a 280W power supply, and also must use a low profile card, but can support up to an HD 5570 which draws around 42W.



For the Small Mini Tower, the wattage of the power supply depends on which processor it has. According to Dell:

"small mini-tower computer with processor speeds of 3.2 GHz or lower: 250 W

small mini-tower computer with processor speeds of 3.4 GHz or higher: 305 W"

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/sy…

If your system has a 3.2GHz or lower speed processor, it has a 250W power supply and can use up to a Radeon HD 5570 (low profile or standard height). If it has a 3.4GHz or faster processor, it has a 305W power supply and can use up to an HD 5670 (low profile or standard height).



For the Mini Tower, it has a 305W power supply and can also use up to an HD 5670 (low profile or standard height).



The reason that I recommend using Radeon cards instead of GeForce cards is that Radeon cards will usually offer better performance than GeForce cards that draw the same amount of power.



Also worth mentioning is that both Mini Tower systems use an ATX power supply, very common and easily upgraded in order to use a better, more powerful graphics card.|||it will be fine.