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[Bhamid]

PCI 2.0 motherboards are backwards compatible with older gfx cards, but not the other way around I think.

My reccomendation is the gt 240

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

PCIE 1.0 motherboards work for 2.0 cards.

[Amit]

my system is a little aged, so i think it's time for a little upgrade..
my current specs are in my profile,
i'm thinking of upgrading the video card, but i'm _totally_ lost.. last time i looked into gfx cards was when the geforce 9600 series were pretty good for how much they were.

what else should i upgrade? i'm thinking of getting rid of the stock cooler on the cpu and overclocking it, but so far it hasn't choked on me.. the video card is really bottlenecking everything lol

also what is this pci express 2.0 shit, is it backwards compatible?

Your system looks okay to me. All you would really need to upgrade is the video card, as you said. You could look into getting a cheap GT 220 or GT 240. Even better, you can get a Radeon HD 4770 for around $100US.

[Bhamid]

gt 240 is the newer equivalent of the 9600 gt btw.

[mR_r0b0to]

i just got a GeForce 9800GT for 80 bux off newegg
it should last me a while.. thanks all +repp (do you guys still care about that?)

[Ganon]

I am in a bind. The card I was going to get got discontinued ;[

Now I'm deciding whether or not to get a 4890 or a 5770. Seems like its really a case of power vs technology (5770s have DX11). As I said before, all it needs to do is be able to run 2 monitors and outperform my current 8800gt. I do however probably prefer the 4890s, as I don't really care about DX11.

this search narrows it down: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...essing%20Units

So far i'm eyeing this one for 5770s: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121355&cm_re=hd_5770-_-14-121-355-_-Product


halp

[InnerGoat]

They're all the same just buy one

[Warsaw]

I say go with the HD4890. You don't care about DX11, there are only two games I know of slated to support DX11 (and even then they probably won't be using even 25% of the advantages it brings), and the 4890 is marginally more powerful. Also, that 128-bit bus on the HD5770 is going to murder your frame rates at higher resolutions.

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

I'm probably gonna get a 5850

[Warsaw]

no one asked u, kay?

Also, why?