[SOLVED] A few Simple questions.

Morfar9000 · 01-04-2008, 06:44 AM

I Recently bought a X1950 Pro PowerColor Graphic card, and the reason is on the box it said Supports 16x Native PCI express lane, aswell as AGP/8x slot, i have some experience but not with PCI express stuff, am i an idiot to think this should fit in my new Motherboard with a 16x PCI express slot when it says its supported, or is there something between the line with the "native" crap?

I ask because i bought 4 gig Ram, a new Motherboard, and a Quad Core CPU and i cant use any of them because of this Graphic card won't fit, so before i buy yet another Graphic card i'll try here first, Thanks.

Specs are:

Asus P5B-VM, G965, Socket-775, m-ATX, GbLAN,SATAII, DDR2, VGA, Firew, PCI-Ex16

Corsair TWIN2X 6400 DDR2, 2048MB CL5 matched CM2X1024A-6400 Dimm's (4x total) and 2x 1gig Geil Ram DDR1

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz Socket LGA775, 8MB

4 x Hard drives, 1TB total.

i use Window XP Pro SP2

PS: One last question, if i have 4 Gig ram, it would be wisest to use 64-bit Windows, am i correct? or does 32-bit support it aswell?

Sorry if this was a dumb question, but im frustrated with having a mountain of parts i cant use yet, Thanks so much to who ever eases this misery!.

dai · 01-04-2008, 07:50 AM

take it back and exchange it for a pcie card
4g=64x
you have not included the power supply,don't make the mistake of underpowering or buying cheap low quality

Morfar9000 · 01-04-2008, 04:05 PM

I couldn't locate the name of the power supply, though its pretty old, and its 500W if im not mistaken, but what does Native pci express support mean then? Thanks for the Reply.

dai · 01-04-2008, 06:06 PM

i would assume it supports 16 lanes

Morfar9000 · 01-05-2008, 04:53 AM

hmm alright ill have a talk with the store, thanks again.

01-04-2008, 06:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
Morfar9000 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP Professional	[SOLVED] A few Simple questions. I Recently bought a X1950 Pro PowerColor Graphic card, and the reason is on the box it said Supports 16x Native PCI express lane, aswell as AGP/8x slot, i have some experience but not with PCI express stuff, am i an idiot to think this should fit in my new Motherboard with a 16x PCI express slot when it says its supported, or is there something between the line with the "native" crap? I ask because i bought 4 gig Ram, a new Motherboard, and a Quad Core CPU and i cant use any of them because of this Graphic card won't fit, so before i buy yet another Graphic card i'll try here first, Thanks. Specs are: Asus P5B-VM, G965, Socket-775, m-ATX, GbLAN,SATAII, DDR2, VGA, Firew, PCI-Ex16 Corsair TWIN2X 6400 DDR2, 2048MB CL5 matched CM2X1024A-6400 Dimm's (4x total) and 2x 1gig Geil Ram DDR1 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz Socket LGA775, 8MB 4 x Hard drives, 1TB total. i use Window XP Pro SP2 PS: One last question, if i have 4 Gig ram, it would be wisest to use 64-bit Windows, am i correct? or does 32-bit support it aswell? Sorry if this was a dumb question, but im frustrated with having a mountain of parts i cant use yet, Thanks so much to who ever eases this misery!.

01-04-2008, 07:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,593 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: A few Simple questions. take it back and exchange it for a pcie card 4g=64x you have not included the power supply,don't make the mistake of underpowering or buying cheap low quality __________________

01-04-2008, 04:05 PM	#3 (permalink)
Morfar9000 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP Professional	Re: A few Simple questions. I couldn't locate the name of the power supply, though its pretty old, and its 500W if im not mistaken, but what does Native pci express support mean then? Thanks for the Reply. Last edited by Morfar9000; 01-04-2008 at 04:07 PM.

01-04-2008, 06:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,593 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: A few Simple questions. i would assume it supports 16 lanes __________________

01-05-2008, 04:53 AM	#5 (permalink)
Morfar9000 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP Professional	Re: A few Simple questions. hmm alright ill have a talk with the store, thanks again.