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11-23-2009, 05:53 PM
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Question about PCI Express
Looks like I have a failing video card. While using my PC I loose picture and won't come back until I shutdown and turn on. My question is my MB is a ASUS A8N5X which has a PCI Express 16 where my Vid card sits now. The current vid card is a Sapphire Radeon X1950xt. I want to replace it with an XFX Geforce 9600GSO. The new card is a PCI express 2.0 x16. Will this still work in a regular x16 slot. Alsio, is the new card decent for online gameplay (mainly WoW).
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11-23-2009, 08:16 PM
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Yes to both. However, what is the brand and model of your power supply?
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11-24-2009, 10:35 AM
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My power supply is a TOPOWER ZU-550W 550W ATX12V Version 2.0 / EPS12V SLI Ready Power Supply. However, it was made by Zulman not Topower, guess they got bought out.
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11-24-2009, 10:54 AM
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Okay, that's plenty strong enough. It could handle stronger cards if needed.
My grandson plays WoW with a Radeon 4650 on a PCI-E 1.0 board, and it does quite well. Considering that a GSO is equivalent to a 4670, it should do fine. You may want to look at 4670's, they do use less power than the GSO and cost about the same. |
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