Need new Graphics card for Abit IP35 Pro Motherboard

[imyashy]

Hi Gents,

Upgrading to Windows 10 this weekend has resulted in having a few video playback issues. I can play all my video files (HD video h264 encoded etc). Strange issue is that videos recorded on my iPhone 6 are choppy using VLC, media play etc. Disabling hardware acceleration fixes the issue!

I think this is probably down to microsoft and AMD dropping support for ATI Radeon HD 3000 graphics cards.

I've been out of the PC building loop since 2007 and need some help finding decent graphics card that is supported by windows 10. I mainly use this PC for light photo editing, browsing, no modern games. The only games I play are retro games (Emulators and ROMs) with the exception of Kingpin Life of Crime lol.

MOBO: Abit IP35 Pro
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 3850
CPU: Intel Quad Core Q6700 2.66Ghz
RAM: 8GB RAM - G.Skill DDR2
PSU: Corsair HX520W
O/S: Windows 10 64bit
Resolution: 1920 x 1200

My mainboard has the following expansion slots if that is of any use. I've seen cards that are PCIe 2.0 but not sure what that means and don't want to end up buying the wrong card.

2 PCIe x16 (1 - x16, 1 - x4 electrical)
1 PCIe x1

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[imyashy]

Thank you gents. I will shop around for a GT 1030. I have found a few which say 'OC Edition.' Is it the same product? What is different about the OC Edition? Ability to overclock it?

 

[imyashy]

If you are buying a GT1030, be VERY careful and NOT to buy the DDR4 version of the card. It is literally like less than half the performance of the GDDR5 version, despite bearing the same "GT1030" name (thanks Nvidia...)

And to answer your question, OC-Edition probably just mean the cards come with a slightly higher factory clock speed on the core and possibly memory than the default spec of the 1030.

Thanks for pointing that out. I did wonder about that too. How do I distinguish from the GDDR4 and GDDR5 versions? Also I use DDR2 RAM on my mainboard, will my performance be limited by my mainboard?

 

[imyashy]

Try this legacy driver: https://filehippo.com/download_ati_catalyst_vista_64/14129/

I would link to AMD but they have now removed them. If you want to look for your own they are call the catalyst 13.1 win7/win8 legacy drivers. Whilst they are not for windows 10, I have used these for older cards.

I tried these before. Same result in Windows 10.

 

[imyashy]

see my edited post - you need to install using compatability mode..

Also, download the drivers in my first link as I may have put the wrong version(I think my first link wasn't the legacy drivers before).

Tried the legacy driver. Same results. It largely works but the issue is with playback for some of my videos.

it probably wont be in to your best interests, but for the price of even the cheapest new priced gt 1030 you could buy an older system or main parts that are still newer than your system with a gpu that would be more updated.

I take your point about my mainboard being quite old and unsupported. The card is PCIe 3.0 however I think the x16 slot on my mainboard is only PCIe 1.0. Can a PCIe 3.0 card work on PCIe 1.0?

The Geforce GT 1030 is still a fairly new card. For what I need to do my system is still a fairly decent runner. I don't want to change mainboard at this stage purely for the graphics card. When the time comes to do an upgrade I will most likely build a new mid-range system.

Perhaps someone can recommend an older card that will work with my current mainboard. A card newer than my ATI Radeon 3850 but older than the GT 1030.

Cheers

 

[imyashy]

Thanks for the advice mate.

The videos played fine in win7 however to get to play correctly in win10 I have to disable hardware acceleration in VLC player.

 

[imyashy]

Will the GeForce 9600GT replace my ATI Radeon? It’s a similar card and has windows 10 drivers. I can pick one up for £10.

 

[imyashy]

It wont hurt to try Windows Media player classic with K-lite codec, you never know it might just work and save you money.

Media player classic is better than VLC player in some instances.

I tried that also as I suspected it may have been the codecs first however I get the same result. Again, disabling hardware acceleration resolves the issue.

 

[imyashy]

Cheers for your help everyone. I'll let you know what the outcome is with a new card.

 

[imyashy]

So I bought the Geforce GT 1030 (DDR5 version) for £54. It works fine in my mainboard. Nice card.

 

[imyashy]

Good to hear that your motherboard is comparable with it.

good to hear it worked out saving you not having to upgrade whole pc.

Once again - Thanks again for your help guys.