Motherboard graphics card support

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Xire

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Hey guys, long time reader, first time poster
Im in the market for a new graphics card but im not the best when it comes to computer hardware. How do I know what graphics card will be compatible with my motherboard? the motherboard I have is the
Asus P5N-E nForce 650i SLI Chipset LGA775 FSB1333 DDR2 Mainboard
http://www.techspot.com/review/43-asus-p5n-e-sli/

Will a GeForce GTX 460 or 470 Card be compatible? and if not, what should I look for?

the rest of my PCs spec is:
- 8gig ram
- Intel® CoreT 2 Duo E6850 CPU @ 3.00GHz 1333FSB 4MB L2 Cache 64-bit
- NZXT Lexa Blackline Performance Mid Tower Steel (Quite an open case, with what looks like plenty of room either side of the graphics card)
- 600w PSU

Thanks people!
 
Aslong has the board has a PCI E slot it should work fine... The blue slot at the top of the picture (back of the motherboard) is a PCI E slot.... The Black one which is below it, is also a PCIE slot (if you wanted to graphics cards)

Powersupply should be enough i think, but check out the specifications of the card it's self. just make sure your PSU has the power cables for the PCI E (their like 6 pinned ones). You can get splitters if you only have one of these, but ideally you should have 2. just to save with using splitters.

I'm sure someone else will correct me if i'm wrong with things :)
 
Hey, its quite a new PSU as my old 1 burnt out. its a OCZ 600W ModXStream Pro Power Supply

thanks a lot for your input guys
 
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1 x 6-pin PCI-E
1 x 6+2-pin PCI-E
4 x Peripheral
2 x Floppy
6 x SATA


Should be fine... As far as i'm aware the 6+2pin PCIE should have 6 pins, then a seperate 2 (as apposed to a block of 8)

Just try and get a picture of the graphics card before you buy and make sure it has the connection, i'm pretty sure most of them have the standard 6 pins or 8 pins...

Like this

http://www.geeks3d.com/public/jegx/201003/gtx480_pci_exp_power_connectors.jpg

Yours will support the 6+8. and maybe the 6 + 6 (depending if your cable is split, just have a look at it and find out) Or alternativly, get some kind of splitter, the graphics card might have it included.
 
rightio, thanks a lot for your help again, massively appreciated. i'll make sure I post with the final outcome!
 
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