Solve : Graphics card compatability?

1.	Solve : Graphics card compatability?
Answer» I have recently aquired some money and ive decided to get the BEST graphics card out there, and i WANT to get the 1gb nvidia Geforce 7950, which looks awesome, but i not sure if it will be compatible with my motherboard. Because looking at some pics http://images.tomshardware.com/2006/06/05/geforce_7950_gx2/7950gx2angle1.jpg, its bigger than my current graphics card, and i dont think theres enough space for it, my mother board has one brown expansion slot for graphics and two white expansion slot with no more graphics slots, i also have a 450w power spply, and im not sure about the compatability my specs are: Computer Manufacturer ASRock Computer Model K7S41GX CPU Manufacturer AuthenticAMD CPU Family AMD Sempron(tm) 2800+ CPU Speed 2006 MHz Front-Side Bus Speed 166 MHz I am not prepared to buy a motherboard so i would like to hear of alterntives What you can use and can afford should drive your purchase, not the other way around. If you pick the graphics card first, you may well need a new system to fully appreciate it. Consumerism is rampant.... Thats the whole point im asking, if i CAN USE it on my comp then i will get it but i dont not if they are compatibleIs it really nessisary to spend so much money on a graphics card? Unless your monitor is 50 miles long, you won't notice any difference to a slightly lower graphics card, which will be a lot lower in price. Plus the rest of your system (ie your processor as we don't know your ram) is hardly hard-core, and so the graphics card will probably not be able to run at full speed anyway, as the rest of your computer can't keep up. My advice, go a couple of models down, and use the saved money to get new processor and possibly ram.Additionally, what youve described sounds like you only have an AGP slot, which makes sense cause it sounds like your computer is a couple of years old. That card, to the best of my knowledge, only comes in PCIx format, which would mean no, its not compatible. You would probably do well to get a new motherboard. I'd check out socket 939 motherboards if you are going to stay with AMD, they are not too expensive and you could probably even transfer over your processor if you wanted to do the upgrade in stages.The 7950 GX2 is a good buy, even though getting a GT or an X1900XT would be the best choices. In order to help u, i must know ur motherboard.Ther is only one 7 Serise GFX card you cna buy for an AGP system, and that the Geforce 7800 AGP you cant use a Gefroce 7950 in the system you seam to have. i have a 7950 ^.^ Track you know the 7950GXT is 2 7900 GT's right?yes, I have taken this into consideration and I am currently doing a full computer upgrade and im getting a new 600w power supply and an nforce 4 motherbaord with dual pci express slots which should accomodate my new graphics card, as for my ram I have a full 2GB ram and a HD monitor. This card I am mainly going to use for hardcore gaming. See what you think of the motherboard I am going to get (the first one on the page) http://www.advancetec.co.uk/acatalog/Asus64.htmlQuote Track you know the 7950GXT is 2 7900 GT's right? No, thats not true. The 7950 GX2 is composed of 2 G71 cores (same used on the 7900 GT) but at slightly higher clock speeds. However the memory on the 7950 GX2 is clocked way down, meaning that its actually not as good as 2 7900 GTs, because of memory bandwidth, even though the 7950 GX2 has 1GB of RAM and 2 7900 GT's would have 512Mb, but u can buy a slightly more expensive version of the 7900 GTs with 512Mb each. Also, since the 7950 GX2 is composed of 2 cards in SLi on 1 PCI-E x16 slot there is NO place to fit a cooler, WICH means u cannot overclock the 2 cards very much, while u can overclock most 7900 GTs to almost 700Mhz and more if ur lucky and have a good cooler and fan. That means that buying 2 7900 GTs is much better and should be done if u have an SLi motherboard, but im assuming that anyone who buys the 7950 GX2 dosent, because for it's price u can get 2 7900 GTs and clock them to GTXs. So to sum up, 2 7900 GTs (512Mb) are better then a 7950 GX2 but so they also cost a little more. Yes it true they are clocked down a bit, but when i priced mine 2 7900GT's would have cost me 800, where as one 7950 cost 600, so i bought that. It would be hard to change the Heat sink as you said, but liquid ONES take up less space and make stuff even colder, Ive been thinking about a liquid cooled system I'm also thinking that in a few months when the Price drops , i may Buy a second 7950 and try the Quad SLI that doesn't workIf the cards are already clocked higher than usual, why does it matter you can't overclock them futher?4, eh? I highly DOUBT you'd be able to overclock the 2 to double speed.Quote If u were to overclock the 2 chips on the 7950 GX2 to their max potential (with a good cooler and fan) then u would be able to make them into 7900 GTXs, and then u could have in theory 4 7900 GTXs, wich would beat any DX10 card.

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I have recently aquired some money and ive decided to get the BEST graphics card out there, and i WANT to get the 1gb nvidia Geforce 7950, which looks awesome, but i not sure if it will be compatible with my motherboard. Because looking at some pics http://images.tomshardware.com/2006/06/05/geforce_7950_gx2/7950gx2angle1.jpg,

its bigger than my current graphics card, and i dont think theres enough space for it, my mother board has one brown expansion slot for graphics and two white expansion slot with no more graphics slots, i also have a 450w power spply, and im not sure about the compatability

my specs are:
Computer Manufacturer ASRock
Computer Model K7S41GX
CPU Manufacturer AuthenticAMD
CPU Family AMD Sempron(tm) 2800+
CPU Speed 2006 MHz
Front-Side Bus Speed 166 MHz

I am not prepared to buy a motherboard so i would like to hear of alterntives

What you can use and can afford should drive your purchase, not the other way around. If you pick the graphics card first, you may well need a new system to fully appreciate it.

Consumerism is rampant.... Thats the whole point im asking, if i CAN USE it on my comp then i will get it but i dont not if they are compatibleIs it really nessisary to spend so much money on a graphics card? Unless your monitor is 50 miles long, you won't notice any difference to a slightly lower graphics card, which will be a lot lower in price. Plus the rest of your system (ie your processor as we don't know your ram) is hardly hard-core, and so the graphics card will probably not be able to run at full speed anyway, as the rest of your computer can't keep up. My advice, go a couple of models down, and use the saved money to get new processor and possibly ram.Additionally, what youve described sounds like you only have an AGP slot, which makes sense cause it sounds like your computer is a couple of years old. That card, to the best of my knowledge, only comes in PCIx format, which would mean no, its not compatible.

You would probably do well to get a new motherboard. I'd check out socket 939 motherboards if you are going to stay with AMD, they are not too expensive and you could probably even transfer over your processor if you wanted to do the upgrade in stages.The 7950 GX2 is a good buy, even though getting a GT or an X1900XT would be the best choices.

In order to help u, i must know ur motherboard.Ther is only one 7 Serise GFX card you cna buy for an AGP system, and that the Geforce 7800 AGP

you cant use a Gefroce 7950 in the system you seam to have. i have a 7950 ^.^

Track you know the 7950GXT is 2 7900 GT's right?yes, I have taken this into consideration and I am currently doing a full computer upgrade and im getting a new 600w power supply and an nforce 4 motherbaord with dual pci express slots which should accomodate my new graphics card, as for my ram I have a full 2GB ram and a HD monitor. This card I am mainly going to use for hardcore gaming.

See what you think of the motherboard I am going to get (the first one on the page)
http://www.advancetec.co.uk/acatalog/Asus64.htmlQuote

Track you know the 7950GXT is 2 7900 GT's right?

No, thats not true.

The 7950 GX2 is composed of 2 G71 cores (same used on the 7900 GT) but at slightly higher clock speeds. However the memory on the 7950 GX2 is clocked way down, meaning that its actually not as good as 2 7900 GTs, because of memory bandwidth, even though the 7950 GX2 has 1GB of RAM and 2 7900 GT's would have 512Mb, but u can buy a slightly more expensive version of the 7900 GTs with 512Mb each.
Also, since the 7950 GX2 is composed of 2 cards in SLi on 1 PCI-E x16 slot there is NO place to fit a cooler, WICH means u cannot overclock the 2 cards very much, while u can overclock most 7900 GTs to almost 700Mhz and more if ur lucky and have a good cooler and fan.
That means that buying 2 7900 GTs is much better and should be done if u have an SLi motherboard, but im assuming that anyone who buys the 7950 GX2 dosent, because for it's price u can get 2 7900 GTs and clock them to GTXs.

So to sum up, 2 7900 GTs (512Mb) are better then a 7950 GX2 but so they also cost a little more.
Yes it true they are clocked down a bit, but when i priced mine 2 7900GT's would have cost me 800, where as one 7950 cost 600, so i bought that.

It would be hard to change the Heat sink as you said, but liquid ONES take up less space and make stuff even colder, Ive been thinking about a liquid cooled system

I'm also thinking that in a few months when the Price drops , i may Buy a second 7950 and try the Quad SLI that doesn't workIf the cards are already clocked higher than usual, why does it matter you can't overclock them futher?4, eh? I highly DOUBT you'd be able to overclock the 2 to double speed.Quote

If u were to overclock the 2 chips on the 7950 GX2 to their max potential (with a good cooler and fan) then u would be able to make them into 7900 GTXs, and then u could have in theory 4 7900 GTXs, wich would beat any DX10 card.

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