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bandgeek1 Master Cheater
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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:13 pm Post subject: PCI-E x16 1.0 Card |
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SO, im helping a friend look for graphics cards, he only has a 1.0 slot on his MB, so do any of you have good suggestions? He mainly plays COD and his max price is around $150.00
Thank You!
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superweapons Grandmaster Cheater Supreme
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Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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PCIe x16 2.0 is backwards compatible with revision 1.0.
An HD 4850 or 9800GTX+ if you can find it at that price. However, if his needs are only CoD4/5, then even a good $50 card (8800GS/9600GSO) can max out CoD4/5 at medium resolutions (<1920x1200), and overclocking it will yield even better speeds. However, if your friend is completely fine with spending $150 or wants to be slightly more future-proof, then an HD 4850 or 9800GTX+ is the way to go.
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bandgeek1 Master Cheater
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You sure a 2.0 works with 1.0?
Cause he had a 9600GT that his system would not detect or install. Seems i he looked around and said many other people had this problem with not fix.
Any idea what the problem would of been?
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| bandgeek1 wrote: | You sure a 2.0 works with 1.0?
Cause he had a 9600GT that his system would not detect or install. Seems i he looked around and said many other people had this problem with not fix.
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i have a 9600gt in my dimension e510.
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Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:24 am Post subject: |
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| bandgeek1 wrote: | You sure a 2.0 works with 1.0?
Cause he had a 9600GT that his system would not detect or install. Seems i he looked around and said many other people had this problem with not fix.
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It does work.
Don't know about the problem why it would have not been detected tho.
Maybe it didn't get enough power. (I have a 9600GT)
9600GT needs the 'extra' power cable to work properly.
And requires at least a 400W PSU.
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Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:04 am Post subject: |
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| bandgeek1 wrote: | You sure a 2.0 works with 1.0?
Cause he had a 9600GT that his system would not detect or install. Seems i he looked around and said many other people had this problem with not fix.
Any idea what the problem would of been? |
Yes it works
I've got a HD4850 and my mobo also only supports PCI-e x16 1.0
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| bandgeek1 wrote: | You sure a 2.0 works with 1.0?
Cause he had a 9600GT that his system would not detect or install. Seems i he looked around and said many other people had this problem with not fix.
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you sure he connected it right with the pci-e power connector and everything?
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Hey little off topic, but can some one explain radeon to me? Like i understand nvidia like i know a 8800gt is better than a 9600gt and blah blah. but how does like radeon work is there like a chart i could look at that tells me like how much each card outputs and stuff. Kind of like this one...
http://www.nvidia.com/object/graphics_cards_buy_now.html
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