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Hi,
I have this motherboard and I was looking for specs of it. I couldn't find GPU Support, so does anyone know which Video Card I can use.
Thank you in advance!
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I don't know much about hardware of computers, but it looks like that motherboard doesn't have an integrated graphics card. You have to have an external PCI card in your system, so any PCI card as long as you have enough power to support it.
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Well, I don't know anything about hardware, but I know that I'm currently using GeForce 8400GS 512MB. Now I want to upgrade my shity computer and this card also, I found GTX 460 good for me, prize, performance, etc ...
So can I be 100% sure that my motherboard will support GTX 460? :P
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PCI express is a standardized interface. It is designed to be downward compatible, even if you had a pci express 1.0 1x interface on your mainboard you could run that graphics card on it (even it would be a waste of money). Otherwise the whole concept would be nonsense, if you could run only some adapters on certain boards.
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Ok Gumica, you have a 550W PSU. So check how much you are currently using. Then check out the Watt usage for the GPU, and then you'll be able to see if you can run it without any problems.
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Wattage is not just about the total PSU power, but more likely about the 12v-rail power. 12V, 5V and 3,3V got single power rails in ATX PSUs, and all of them got a limited power for themselves. If the 12v limit is too low, your PC will mostly turn off when you play games and it is overloaded. On extreme overload or a bad PSU, your hardware might take damage as mentioned before.
Better check your psu specs, they are printed somewhere on the psus side, or find them via ******. 12V power should be at least 200W / 17A.