Aoa, I need some hardware advice. I've been looking for a mid range graphic card for my PC.
My Motherboard is an Intel Bad Axe II (D975XBX2) 775 Chipset.
The problem is it supports PCIE 1.0, Newer cards are PCIE 2.0. Now 'theoretically' PCIE 2.0 is backwards compatible with PCIE 1.0 / 1.1 however there have been severe issues with PCIE 2.1 ATI 4XXX series and 5XXX series cards where they simply do not boot past the BIOS screen.
My question is has anyone tested a PCIE 2.0 card (NVedia OR ATI) that works in a PCIE 1.0 slot?
If so could you recommend one for me please? Thank you.
PS; I'm not concerned about the bottleneck on the PCIE 1.0 (Not that it'll be saturated anyways)
PC SPECS:
Intel Core 2 Duo E4600: 2.4 GHZ (I might upgrade it to a E7500 2.93 GHZ)
350 Watt PSU (ASUS \w Casing ASUS VENTO A6) Asus TA-668 - Specs & Reviews [I will upgrade it to a corsair 550Watt if needed]
Bad AXE II (D975XBX2) Motherboard Support for the Intel® Desktop Board D975XBX2
Current GPU : Nvedia 8600 GT 1GB.
Memory: 1GB Kingston 667 [ Upgrading it to 8GB Crosair Xms2 Dominator As soon as i get my 64 Bit Processor ]
BUDGET:
7~8k - ish.
{NOT LOOKING FOR A 2nd HAND CARD THOUGH} I do want to buy a new one.
Thank you
My Motherboard is an Intel Bad Axe II (D975XBX2) 775 Chipset.
The problem is it supports PCIE 1.0, Newer cards are PCIE 2.0. Now 'theoretically' PCIE 2.0 is backwards compatible with PCIE 1.0 / 1.1 however there have been severe issues with PCIE 2.1 ATI 4XXX series and 5XXX series cards where they simply do not boot past the BIOS screen.
My question is has anyone tested a PCIE 2.0 card (NVedia OR ATI) that works in a PCIE 1.0 slot?
If so could you recommend one for me please? Thank you.
PS; I'm not concerned about the bottleneck on the PCIE 1.0 (Not that it'll be saturated anyways)
PC SPECS:
Intel Core 2 Duo E4600: 2.4 GHZ (I might upgrade it to a E7500 2.93 GHZ)
350 Watt PSU (ASUS \w Casing ASUS VENTO A6) Asus TA-668 - Specs & Reviews [I will upgrade it to a corsair 550Watt if needed]
Bad AXE II (D975XBX2) Motherboard Support for the Intel® Desktop Board D975XBX2
Current GPU : Nvedia 8600 GT 1GB.
Memory: 1GB Kingston 667 [ Upgrading it to 8GB Crosair Xms2 Dominator As soon as i get my 64 Bit Processor ]
BUDGET:
7~8k - ish.
{NOT LOOKING FOR A 2nd HAND CARD THOUGH} I do want to buy a new one.
Thank you