Graphics card help [+rep]

[9y]

Hey guys, my Current graphics card has broke on me and im looking into buying a new one.

My motherboard is PCI Express (NOT 2.0) So would a 2.0 graphics card work on it?

Im a fan of nvidia's. If anyone could give me a few cards that are available, If PCI express 2.0 will not work with my motherboard, the current best PCI express one.

Current GFX card: Nvidia Geforce 8600 GT

Thanks xxx

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[scottish]

I'm pretty sure they do but the speed will be killed to what can be achieved by normal PCI-E

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/146004
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173696
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/174148

or if your looking for ones under 100

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/152179
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173704

if looking for cheaper ones just ask

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[Stephen!]

No graphics cards are realistically limited by PCI-E 1.1. If the card says PCI-E 2.0, don't worry about it as you won't lose any performance.

[Tomm]

Apart from the 5970 :P

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/25628-sapphire-radeon-hd-5970-2gb-oc-edition-review-22.html


No graphics cards are realistically limited by PCI-E 1.1. If the card says PCI-E 2.0, don't worry about it as you won't lose any performance.

[Stephen!]

The difference is 4-5% performance loss at most. Note I said "realistically limited". We're talking about 1-3FPS slower - insignificant really.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/HD_5870_PCI-Express_Scaling/25.html

Just double it for the 5970.

[Tomm]

"will bottleneck this card ALOT" from that review of an actual 5970. Although lets face it, someone with a 5970 is unlikely to have a old motherboard :P


The difference is 4-5% performance loss at most. Note I said "realistically limited".

[Recursion]

The difference is 4-5% performance loss at most. Note I said "realistically limited". We're talking about 1-3FPS slower - insignificant really.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/HD_5870_PCI-Express_Scaling/25.html

Just double it for the 5970.

Your avatar screws with my eyes. LOL

[Stephen!]

Hehe. It moves slower in IE than Firefox for me for some reason.

[scottish]

Yeh both your sig and avatar move slower on IE than FF :P

OT: have you had a look at any yet? :P

[9y]

Going about £150 so il probs get one of those @ like 130ish, Thanks alot skot. Il talk to u bowt it on msn, ur a babe irl. +rep given to all xxx