Will my motherboard support GeForce 8600GT

Hi guys,
I have a Gigabyte 81915ME GL motherboard, Intel Pentium4-3.00Ghz processor and 1GB DDR ram. I've planned to purchase a new gfx card for my PC and i'm not able to find out if my motherboard would support the gfx card i've planned to buy. Could someone guide me through this. Im planning to go for GeForce 8600GT 256mb or GeForce 7600GT 256mb.

AFAIK ur mobo duz have a PCIe slot

so der shud b no problem usin d card on ur mobo

if u r not sure if PCI-e slot is der or nt, den just check ur moobo manual

but i think PCIe is present on ur mobo

if pci-e is there then yes it supports 8600
if pci-e isn't there, then no it doesn't supports neither 8600 nor 7600

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ur mobo has a PCIe x16. Enjoy

herez the product's online page: *www.gigabyte.in/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ProductID=1925

xbonez said:
if pci-e isn't there, then no it doesn't supports neither 8600 nor 7600

7600 has an AGP version

*www.ngohq.com/images/articles/7600gsagp/logo.jpg

yes my mobo has a PCI-e slot. i'm already having a Geforce 6200 Turbocache card in it. it also has an AGP slot and a G.E.A.R slot

hmm...what's the price of both these cards?

what's a G.E.A.R. slot??? hearing about it first time

abhi_10_20 said:
hmm...what's the price of both these cards?

both shud cost between 6k-8k

xbonez said:
what's a G.E.A.R. slot??? hearing about it first time

+1

arun77574 said:
yes my mobo has a PCI-e slot. i'm already having a Geforce 6200 Turbocache card in it. it also has an AGP slot and a G.E.A.R slot

wow, the mobo has both PCIE nd AGP slots... :shock:

heard dat asrock once has such models, but dun knew bout Gigabyte

Whats dt GEAR slot?

xbonez said:
what's a G.E.A.R. slot??? hearing about it first time

+1

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i dont expect 8600 to perform to full potention in this board . it's got a pcie x4 slot . its only expanded to the physical size of a pciex16 slot.

the board is based on intel 915 GL chipset which doesnt officially support pcie x16 . they have somehow got both pciex4 and agp slots ( GEAR SLOT ).

neway , there may be no guarentee that the card WILL be supported. u have to ask if some1 has tried and/or contact support team of gigabyte . but even if it does the card will under perform..

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sagargv said:
the board is based on intel 915 GL chipset which doesnt officially support pcie x16 . they have somehow got both pciex4 and agp slots ( GEAR SLOT ).

so.. tzh the answer fr whz the GEAR slot?

Asrock had many such PCIe+ AGP boards released wen AGP was being phased out..
btw +1 to the GEAR qn..

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yes . the agp slot they have "constructed" for the board is called GEAR slot by them .

o, GEAR slot ei

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@sagarv
ummmm.....r u sure abt tat..
i have the same mobo...
the pcie slot is a 16x one and not a 4x slot....
guess 8600gt shud work....
i chckd out dis site.....
*www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/d915gav/sb/CS-012066.htm

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Will it fit on intel DG965WH?

@bigdaddy486
yup, itll fit on any mobo with PCIE slot.

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Will it work?

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lol. It will .. try out

I'm sorry guys for not answering your questions for a long time. here is the link which shows what my mobo has got in it.
*www.giga-byte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ClassValue=Motherboard&ProductID=1925&ProductName=GA-8I915ME-GL

And here is the link which says what is G.E.A.R.
*www.giga-byte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/TechGuide_List.aspx?NewTechID=81

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[/U]arun77574 said:
*www.giga-byte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Spec.aspx?ClassValue=Motherboard&ProductI D=1925&ProductName=GA-8I915ME-GL

That was the page i referred to when I gave my answer :-|

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elator said:
@sagarv
ummmm.....r u sure abt tat..
i have the same mobo...
the pcie slot is a 16x one and not a 4x slot....
guess 8600gt shud work....
i chckd out dis site.....
*www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/d915gav/sb/CS-012066.htm

dude , u have intel d915 mobo based on 915G ( not 915GL ) chipset which supports full pcie x16 . u wont have any probs . but the OP has a gigabyte mobo with a pciex16 slot ( acutally x4 but its lengthened to the size of a x16 slot) and the gigabyte mobo runs it at x4 link speed which will degrade performance . the gigabyte mobo OP has is based on 915GL which officially doesnt support pciex16 . no probs with intel d915GAV.