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PCI-E - Nvida GTX 570

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My 8800 GTX failed the other day so I've been looking into replacing it with a GTX 570. Haven't looked at PC hardware for a few years but I see the newer graphics cards are PCI-E 2 and I'm pretty sure my motherboard is only PCI-E.

Will this cause me any probs?
 
nig said:
My 8800 GTX failed the other day so I've been looking into replacing it with a GTX 570. Haven't looked at PC hardware for a few years but I see the newer graphics cards are PCI-E 2 and I'm pretty sure my motherboard is only PCI-E.

Will this cause me any probs?
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Not problems, but will be a bottleneck

chaotic_uk said:
list your full sytem specs please , what you looking to spend on a new gfx card ?
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This would help
 
Sorry for the delay, here's the systems spec:

Antec Performance One P180
Thermaltake Toughpower 850W
MSI S775 Intel P965 Platinum ATX 8 CH HD Audio GB Lan Silent
Intel Quad Q6600
Zalman CNPS9500AT Ultra Quiet CPU
Crucial 2x1GB 240-Pin DIMM PC2-6400 Unbuffered Non-ECC CL4
Samsung SpinPoint T166 500GB SATA2 16MB 7200RPM
DEAD - XFX GeForce 8800GTX 600M 768MB XT GDDR3 ,PCI-Express,2xDVI/HDTV/HDCP,600/1900Mhz
 
Have you overclocked the Q6600? If you clock it to over 3ghz then it shouldn't bottleneck the 570 too much depending on the resolution you play on. That 2gb RAM might be a bottleneck as well...
 
Orcvader said:
Have you overclocked the Q6600? If you clock it to over 3ghz then it shouldn't bottleneck the 570 too much depending on the resolution you play on. That 2gb RAM might be a bottleneck as well...
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nope, I don't have the Q6600 overclocked. Do you reckon i could with the Zalman fan.
 
Depends on which Zalman cooler you're on about. But you should be able to reach 3.4ghz, maybe 3.6ghz with a decent cooler.
 
This one:

Zalman CNPS9500AT Ultra Quiet CPU

CNPS9500_AT-1__37139_zoom.jpg
 
Your motherboard has PCI-E Gen.1 x16 slot.

The slot offers the same bandwidth as a x8 Gen.2 slot.

You'll be fine running a GTX 570 or similar.

You have plenty enough bandwidth.
 
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