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Graphics card help- Can my computer support it?

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by dataoneil, Oct 5, 2009.

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  1. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    This might seem incredibly petty, but I'd really prefer not having "yeah he's right, he's always right" posts around - they're certainly appreciated, but the more suspicious members might think I have my own little army of suckups going around :p - it's been suggested before!
     
    sammorris, Oct 7, 2009
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    Yeah, but you're not always right ;) Haha, well, at least we've had a couple of disagreements in the past :D Just in this instance I'd definitely have said the same thing about the 8600GT - over a year ago one of my friends got an 8600GT for a budget build and even back then I told him he shouldn't have :p
     
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  3. sammorris

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    Mmm, to be honest, the 8600GT was only really alright in the first few months of its release, back in when was it, early 2007 I think?
     
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  4. dataoneil

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    Okay, in order to convince me you're going to have to:
    1. Choose which card is the better money buy.
    2. Tell me how to make it work in a PCI Express 1 slot
    3. How to fix the fan speed that everyone on newegg.ca complains about
     
    dataoneil, Oct 8, 2009
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  5. dataoneil

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    I'm leaning toward the Sapphire card you suggested, since the review is not very informative on how good or bad it is
     
    dataoneil, Oct 8, 2009
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    By the way, S&H fees to get it to me (in Nova Scotia) costs around $10.
     
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  7. sammorris

    sammorris Senior member

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    You don't need to do anything to get a PCIe 2 card to work in a PCIe 1 slot. It just works. The newegg reviewer moaning about the wrong slot obviously had a very old PC with an AGP slot instead.
    The Sapphire card is even better value than the HD4650, because it's only slightly more expensive but a much better performer.
     
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  8. dataoneil

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    Sorry it took so long to respond, I didn't feel I had to...

    You're sure I can just 'plug n' play' with the Sapphire card? No problems whatsoever, like the fan?
     
    dataoneil, Oct 9, 2009
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    No, none of the fans have problems it's just that some are noisy and some aren't. What some people find noisy, others don't even care about anyway...
     
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  10. dataoneil

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    What about the PCI-e issues? Could you clarify to me how it would work for me? Do the tech specs of my computer provided support that card?
     
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    PCIe x16 2.0 is 100% backwards compatible with PCIe x16 1.0, so yes, it'll be fine.
     
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    sammorris Senior member

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    The technology itself is backwards compatible. There is not 100% compatibility between them, but in this particular case, I'm almost certain you'll be fine.
     
    sammorris, Oct 10, 2009
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    Will this decrease the perfomance capability?
     
    dataoneil, Oct 10, 2009
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    no.
     
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  15. sammorris

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    With most graphics card yes, but with more basic cards like the 4650 and 4670 then no, it should be an unnoticeable difference.
     
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