A friend of mine has a intel D945GCPE mother board.
He wants to play some casual games thus need a cheap graphic card for his ancient one as he can't afford more. Budget around 3-5k.
which PSU and processor do you have?
Config:
Core2duo2.2 E4500
Intel D945GCPE
1Gb ram
160 Gb WD HDD
VIP 350 Watt
Although if change in PSU fits budget (though I don't suppose it would) it can be considered.
HD 5670 @ 4.5k
FSP saga 350W @ 1.5k
will it be compatible.I read in DIGIT this month that it can't have a proper one.(It doesn't have a PCIe x16 slot)
I don't know too much about ancient ones.
how much is its memory and memory interface?
I read DIGIT and it referred to same board and the card you mentioned
hmmm
k got it
it does not have a PCIe slot
u need to get a new mobo or u can only run a PCI card
here's a list
Newegg.com - Computer Hardware,Video Cards & Video Devices,Desktop Graphics / Video Cards,PCI
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and to be honest
those above cards are all crap
its better to get a new mobo
I thought so previously. They are worthless but as I didn't know much about PCI types so I created the thread. Now I have told my friend to forget about these and if he gets a second hand in really cheap prices that too if he really needs it than to go further otherwise upgrade the ancient one.
If ur budget is 5k.
Then probably get this:
* Asus/Gigabyte DDR2 MoBo - 2k
* nVIDIA 9500GT 1GB - 3k
yep, get a cheap DDR2 mobo and Sapphire HD5570 @ 3.5K
yup, you need a new motherboard because getting a PCI card is a waste.
