can my motherboard support graphics card upgrade?

[Liselotte]

As the title said

Here is my motherboard

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[MentaL]

[Mazo]

http://images.dwteam.org/100_0070.JPG

That black slot above the three white PCI slots, that my friend is a PCI-E slot. That means you can use all newer graphics cards that support PCI-E.

[Liselotte]

Ok, thanks for the info

is this graphics card good?

Newegg.com - EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

[Mazo]

Yes, that's the second best graphics card you can buy nowdays, what kind of games do you plan on playing? I could help you find a card that would suit your gaming needs.

[Liselotte]

C&C3, GRAW2, Bioshock, any new games that has been release this year

[Mazo]

You'll most definitely want a card along those lines then. If you plan on playing Crysis on full quality with a decent resolution I would recommend an 8800GTX.

[Liselotte]

hmm, the 8800GTX is pretty expensive, ill stick with the Newegg.com - EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS 640MB 320-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

[NoPeace]

Before you pick a card. What CPU do you have?

If you don't have a good enough CPU to feed a high end GPU then it's pointless to get.

NoPeace - out

[Liselotte]

CPU? lol sorry but i dont know how or where to get my CPU info.

Edit: nvm, mine is AMD Athlon 64 3800+ 2.40GHz

also, ima be upgrading my ram too. from 1gb to 2-3 GB

[frozenrat]

To be so awsome in Software and coding you dont seem to know a whole lot about hardware...It's cool tho, we're on teh same page :)

[jpbaloga]

To be so awsome in Software and coding you dont seem to know a whole lot about hardware...It's cool tho, we're on teh same page :)

irrelevant to the thread

@topic: planning in getting Medal of honor:airborne? heard that NoPeace's pc really suck the power of it.. and 2gb of RAM should do the woRk

[Liselotte]

so do my cpu support the graphics card that i wantd to buy?

[NoPeace]

so do my cpu support the graphics card that i wantd to buy?

Does it support it? Yes. Will you get the full performance out of it? Not at all.

You'll need at least a good dual core CPU to feed the power to the 8800.

Your best bet if you have to have DX10 is a 8800GTS 320mb. But even then your CPU wont make any use out of it.

I would say get a 8600 series as your CPU is good enough for them but they are pointless for DX10 as they are too weak to run them and you can get better DX9 cards for the same price.

So if you have to have DX10 then get a 8800 320mb and think about upgrading your CPU.

If you don't have to have DX10 then go for the x1900 series cards.

NoPeace - out

[Liselotte]

Ok, thanks. One last question. should i get nvidia or ati radeon or wever?

[NoPeace]

Ok, thanks. One last question. should i get nvidia or ati radeon or wever?

Depends on what series of cards you want.

If you want last gen high end cards then it's ATI. If you want anything else then go with nVidia.

NoPeace - out

[Liselotte]

hmm, is this one ok?

Newegg.com - GECUBE HV195XTG3-E3 Radeon X1950XT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail

[Liselotte]

so uuuh, is that one good enough?

[NoPeace]

Yes it's good enough. A very powerful card.

NoPeace - out

[Liselotte]

Ok, i will go for that card