WHAT IS COMPATABLE

[cyprusdunc]

Hi everyone,live in a place where mags and info is in short supply.
I have an msi k8n neo4 platinum mobo married to an asus 6600 graphics card.I want to upgrade the graphics card and am a little confused over the higher spec cards saying that they are sli ready.My board is pci express but not sli,what I want to know is can these sli ready cards be installed in my non sli mobo.I know the new 7900 card is due out,but wont be available here for a while unless I travel back to the UK.So I am looking at a 7800 vga card,maybe a 7800gtx 512mb,will this work ok on my mobo,by the way my cpu is an amd 3500+ venice core.Any advice much appreciated.

 

[IzaLearnin]

Yes you can run any single pci-e card on your pci-e board, the sli just means the card is ready to be used in sli with an sli board and another card.

 

[ACESHIGH]

Your mobo will work with all Nvidia (or ATI) PCIE cards (SLI ready means you can use 2 if you want or just the 1).

However considering the price of the 7800GTX cards & the price of the X1800XT cards (which are faster).. i would go for something like ....

PowerColor ATI Radeon X1800 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-048-PC) Price:**£234.95 **(£276.07*Including VAT at 17.5%)

512MB ram also helps at higher res / detail settings, its faster than the 7800GTX, better Image Quality & importantly cheaper.

 

[cyprusdunc]

One consideration that I have to take into account is that I have a skystar 2 pci dvb card in my pc and I am running nvidia pure video decoder software which is an excellent piece of software.Is there anything comparable from ati?I have always been a fan of nvidia since my 64mb geforce 2 pro was installed in my other pc 5 years ago and have been happy with the 6600,so try to convert me.

 

[Zephyrus]

Hi everyone,live in a place where mags and info is in short supply.

Says someone posting on the Internet

 

[cyprusdunc]

Need to generate interest dont I