[SOLVED] Buying new Graphics card, need someone to clear my mind!!!

Ollieboy · 10-01-2008, 10:21 AM

Ok well i recently bought a GeForce 8600GT 1gb about 2 months ago, and i am bored of it already.

So im thinking of buying this as a replacement:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/146554...oduct_overview

But, it says I need to have a PCI-E 2.0 slot in my motherboard, but im not sure, but i have heard that people can run this on a 16x Pcie slot (but it runs slower speeds)
so basically my question is would this be compatible with my ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe Motherboard (2 PCI-E 16x, runs at 8x speed in SLI mode)

And anotherthing, the memory of the GTX 260 OC 896MB says its memory type is DDR3

Will this be a problem in my motherboard as its a DDR2 memory type....

**I know i will need a new PSU as i doubt it can run on a 620w Corsair power supple with all my new components**

waltthesalt · 10-01-2008, 11:31 AM

It will run on your motherboard, just slower as you stated. I'm pretty sure you'd be able to use the DDR3 cards because I've seen GDDR5 video cards, but I've never seen DDR5 RAM. So, it shouldn't matter what type of memory your motherboard supports.

dai · 10-01-2008, 11:54 AM

video ram is confined to the card,it has no bearing or relation to the main computer ram
amd cards are backward compatible to pcie1 and now nvidia cards are also supposed to be backwards compatible
try it with the 620w but i think you will need to go to a 750w

Ollieboy · 10-01-2008, 08:27 PM

yeah, thats exactly what i heard, that Nvidia have made PCIE 2.0 compatible with 16x pci-e slots, i was jus really confused about the DDR3 Thing,

So jus a minor question, do you think it will bottleneck my performance?
Im mainly buyin this video card for COD4 on max settings and jus want to see if it will live to its expectations or will i need to fork out for another motherboard hehe.

Yeah i will try the 620w first, and if not i will be selling it, so if anybody is interessted in buying a 620w Corsair PSU **3months old** for around £25-£30 PM me or something hehe :)

Thanks for quick feedback guys!

dai · 10-02-2008, 01:07 AM

you need to ask one of the gamers about that

**FreoHeaveho** · 10-04-2008, 09:15 PM

That card will thump COD4 into a pulp, you will have no problems running that at max settings, and i mean max by cranking up the settings further in ntune.

10-01-2008, 10:21 AM	#1 (permalink)
Ollieboy Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 142 OS: Windows XP SP3 Media Centre Edition My System	[SOLVED] Buying new Graphics card, need someone to clear my mind!!! Ok well i recently bought a GeForce 8600GT 1gb about 2 months ago, and i am bored of it already. So im thinking of buying this as a replacement: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/146554...oduct_overview But, it says I need to have a PCI-E 2.0 slot in my motherboard, but im not sure, but i have heard that people can run this on a 16x Pcie slot (but it runs slower speeds) so basically my question is would this be compatible with my ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe Motherboard (2 PCI-E 16x, runs at 8x speed in SLI mode) And anotherthing, the memory of the GTX 260 OC 896MB says its memory type is DDR3 Will this be a problem in my motherboard as its a DDR2 memory type.... I know i will need a new PSU as i doubt it can run on a 620w Corsair power supple with all my new components

10-01-2008, 11:31 AM	#2 (permalink)
waltthesalt Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: New York Posts: 122 OS: Vista Ultimate SP1 x86 My System	Re: Buying new Graphics card, need someone to clear my mind!!! It will run on your motherboard, just slower as you stated. I'm pretty sure you'd be able to use the DDR3 cards because I've seen GDDR5 video cards, but I've never seen DDR5 RAM. So, it shouldn't matter what type of memory your motherboard supports. __________________ "A Mac vs. PC commercial you'll never see: 'Whatcha doin, PC?' 'I'm playing this new game'. 'Oh really, which one?' 'Any'. 'Oh'. (silence) (fade)."

10-01-2008, 11:54 AM	#3 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,670 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Buying new Graphics card, need someone to clear my mind!!! video ram is confined to the card,it has no bearing or relation to the main computer ram amd cards are backward compatible to pcie1 and now nvidia cards are also supposed to be backwards compatible try it with the 620w but i think you will need to go to a 750w __________________

10-01-2008, 08:27 PM	#4 (permalink)
Ollieboy Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Scotland Posts: 142 OS: Windows XP SP3 Media Centre Edition My System	Re: Buying new Graphics card, need someone to clear my mind!!! yeah, thats exactly what i heard, that Nvidia have made PCIE 2.0 compatible with 16x pci-e slots, i was jus really confused about the DDR3 Thing, So jus a minor question, do you think it will bottleneck my performance? Im mainly buyin this video card for COD4 on max settings and jus want to see if it will live to its expectations or will i need to fork out for another motherboard hehe. Yeah i will try the 620w first, and if not i will be selling it, so if anybody is interessted in buying a 620w Corsair PSU 3months old for around £25-£30 PM me or something hehe :) Thanks for quick feedback guys! Last edited by Ollieboy; 10-01-2008 at 08:34 PM.

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