[Gumica]

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!

[Steven82]

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.

[SlashPT]

You can use any PCI-Express Card:

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Originally Posted by Biostar P43-A7 Ver. 6.x EXPANSION SLOT 1 x PCI-E x16 2.0 Slot

[Gumica]

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

[Mauzen]

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.

[SlashPT]

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Originally Posted by Gumica 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

Your motherboard actually will support it, the only thing that probably will fuck everything up is your PSU...

[Gumica]

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Originally Posted by SlashPT Your motherboard actually will support it, the only thing that probably will fuck everything up is your PSU...

I think I've found everything compatibility ^^ I will see if I get get it working, anyway thank you for your help

[Steven82]

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.

[Gumica]

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Originally Posted by Steven82 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.

Maximum Graphics Card Power (W) 160 W
Minimum Recommended System Power (W) 450 W

I think it's it!

[Mauzen]

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.