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Question that I have that I cant seem to find out.

I Have a Dell T5500 on the way for a project of mine.

I bought it without a Graphics card.

According to the Online Sources it needs one to boot.

I have a MSI Radeon 6870 on hand will this card work in the System or will I need to buy a different card?

The Specs say PCI Express 2.1 x16

and I know the tower says 2.0 x16

Note:I have read that PCI Express slots are forward and backward compatible just want to know if I will be able to use this card to get an OS installed.

So what would anyone recommend if I cant use this card I want the Cheapest route of a card I could drop in this. I just want to be able to remote in to the system Once setup.

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    According to this spec sheet it has an nVidia GPU on the motherboard.
    – Burgi
    Mar 29, 2016 at 14:47
  • Awesome so I may not need to install a Graphics card to install an os to remote off of if this is correct.
    – NetworkKingPin
    Mar 29, 2016 at 14:49
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    That would be my guess. If it turns out not to be the case, then the Radeon should be sufficient.
    – Burgi
    Mar 29, 2016 at 14:53
  • Well thanks for your help I will let you know once it arrives with either case. If not I will pick up something cheap to get it booted up.
    – NetworkKingPin
    Mar 29, 2016 at 14:55

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Even if the embedded graphics do not work, your graphics card should work fine. PCI-E is fully backwards compatible, so your 2.1 video card will function just fine in a 2.0 slot.

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I know this is an old thread, but it turns up in searches, so new information may be useful to some...

I have had a Dell Precision Workstation T5500 since 2013.

Both an ATI Radeon HD 7850 and now a nVidia Quadro P2000 have worked perfectly in it.

-Noel

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