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PCI-E x1

I have seen a Galaxy 7300GT DDR3 card available with the PCI-E x1 interface but not sure where tog et them.

Does it have to be PCI-E 1x, do you not have a x16 slot?
 
945GZ supports all pci-express x16 cards. However, the slot is only electronically x4. Depending on the manufacturer you will have to change the jumpers so that onboard video is disabled and the pci-express lanes are changed.

The motherboard supports either 2 slots which are x1 or a single x4 slot.

Dont ask me why i had such a rubbish motherboard.
 
Asrock boards often have 4x pci-e slots. 16x cards will still work in them :) (I have a 3870 working in mine :) ).

The same should be true for you.

Matthew
 
A custom 945GZ board with no pci-e x4 slot. Why do you want to buy a graphics card for that anyway. They would only put that motherboard inside a business desktop.

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http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/express_flyer.htm

As this shows the 945gz chipset should support at least 4 pci-e lanes. HP have simply reduced costs by removing something that office desktops really dont need. Well they've asked foxconn to remove them.
 
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The sad thing is that its for home use and not purchased by me. In vain I was hoping there was a graphics card out there that would do the business.. :-(
 
tinfoil2005 said:
The sad thing is that its for home use and not purchased by me. In vain I was hoping there was a graphics card out there that would do the business.. :-(
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The motherboard may not even recognise a graphics card put in the pci or pci-e slots.
 
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the above mentioned 7300GT.
 
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