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Gigabyte 4780 running fine in my PCI Express 1.0a slot

Elevon

Elevon

Elevon

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I just installed a Gigabyte 4870 on my trusty old Epox EP-9NPA+ Ultra (nForce 4 Ultra) which uses a PCI Express 1.0a slot,everything is working great,my old 7800gt had served me well but I was after a change and something faster.

I know some people were concerned about old boards etc...
You know what gave me the most trouble?..damn Nvidia drivers,even after I uninstalled them ,booted into safe mode and used DriverSweeper I still had 3 that came up on bootup in Vista x64,anyway using regedit fixed those 3 remaining dll.files.


I'm upgrading my cpu,ram/motherboard down the road(I better start saving)) but the price of the Gigabyte 4870 was too low to pass up(probably lowest price I have seen on the web).

I'm using 8.6 hotfix drivers which seem very stable after testing of a few games.
 
Elevon said:
I just installed a Gigabyte 4870 on my trusty old Epox EP-9NPA+ Ultra (nForce 4 Ultra) which uses a PCI Express 1.0a slot,everything is working great,my old 7800gt had served me well but I was after a change and something faster.

I know some people were concerned about old boards etc...
You know what gave me the most trouble?..damn Nvidia drivers,even after I uninstalled them ,booted into safe mode and used DriverSweeper I still had 3 that came up on bootup in Vista x64,anyway using regedit fixed those 3 remaining dll.files.
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Thanks a lot for taking the time to post this, it's very useful info to those of us with older motherboards.

The question now I guess is do I upgrade (from 3870X2) to 4870, or wait for 4870X2?
 
RavenXXX2 said:
Ye the 4870 is a great card, my best purchase yet, loving it. Good to know the latest cards work with oldest spec PCI-E.
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Yep great card,my first dual slot video card too,btw I'm using an OCZ 700W GameXtreme PSU that I purchased from OCUK a year ago(after my hiper 580w blew up).I knew the 700w would come in handy for upgrades :).
 
Durzel said:
Thanks a lot for taking the time to post this, it's very useful info to those of us with older motherboards.

The question now I guess is do I upgrade (from 3870X2) to 4870, or wait for 4870X2?
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4870X2 will give you the biggest jump in performance and cost,however its all down to what PSU you have I guess,if money is no object I would wait for 4870X2.
 
Probably a stupid question, but is PCI-E 1.0 the same as 1.0a? My motherboard is the Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 if that helps.
 
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