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3rd Jan 2008, 12:58
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I built my pc just over a year ago and i want to play cod4 and halo 2 on my pc so i need an upgrade from my on board chipset
Im not sure if it supports an ati or nvidia, i was tolb by somebody since its intel it is compatable with both this is my mobo- gigabyte http://www.gigabyte.us/Products/Moth...ProductID=2304 i was looking at something for around 120, heres what ive been looking at  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150228or  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161174 |
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3rd Jan 2008, 19:49
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From your specifications page on that motherboard, you have a x16 slot but it only runs at x4 speed.
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3rd Jan 2008, 19:55
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it is a x16 slot, its saying it has 4 time the bandwith of the other PCI's
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3rd Jan 2008, 20:02
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Erm, I'm pretty sure that's not the case. My original post was in error, the specs say:
"1 PCI Express x 16 slot (x4 bandwidth)" PCI-E x16 has much more than 4x the bandwidth of a normal PCI slot. |
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3rd Jan 2008, 20:21
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well when im on new egg and on the left where you sort stuff it has
PCI Express x16 and all the cards are under it |
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#6
3rd Jan 2008, 22:09
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Hi.
Carbon is correct. The motherboard has a full length pci-e port which will physically support the card quoted but is only running 4 pci-e lanes, so you're going to struggle with bandwidth. I'd recommend choosing a different motherboard as well to be able to get the most from the card quoted.
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4th Jan 2008, 18:55
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alright ive decided to try and look for a motherboard
this one has a $50 rebate i think its kind of cheap and wondered if it was worth buying or not. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813186110 |
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#8
4th Jan 2008, 20:01
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Yup, decent board.
Every external connection you could want is supplied. Also, full 16 lanes in the pci-e port.
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