Which video card

LDV_bomc · 03-08-2009, 03:57 PM

So, i read the sticky thread by ebackhus, but there it still something i dont fully understand.

I suppose that this is a piece on cake for you guys.

My videocard (GeForece 8600 SPARKLE SF-PX86GTS512D3-HP 512mb) broke a week ago, and i have to buy a new one. My motherboard is a GIGABYTE GA-G31MX-S2, and in the usersmanual there just stood PCI-Express x16. I would like a Geforce 9800 or something like that, but it says PCI-Express 2.0 x16.
Is it possible to run a PCI-Express 2.0 x16 Video card on my motherboard?

hassan9418 · 03-08-2009, 04:28 PM

It's works meaning it's backward compatible but the performance of the card decreases.

03-08-2009, 03:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
LDV_bomc Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Silkeborg, denmark Posts: 108 OS: Win XP SP2 My System	Which video card So, i read the sticky thread by ebackhus, but there it still something i dont fully understand. I suppose that this is a piece on cake for you guys. My videocard (GeForece 8600 SPARKLE SF-PX86GTS512D3-HP 512mb) broke a week ago, and i have to buy a new one. My motherboard is a GIGABYTE GA-G31MX-S2, and in the usersmanual there just stood PCI-Express x16. I would like a Geforce 9800 or something like that, but it says PCI-Express 2.0 x16. Is it possible to run a PCI-Express 2.0 x16 Video card on my motherboard?

03-08-2009, 04:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
hassan9418 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 51 OS: Windows Vista	Re: Which video card It's works meaning it's backward compatible but the performance of the card decreases.