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November 13, 2013 1:36:35 PM

HI.my motherboard is imedia s 3712 chipset: 1 slot PCI express x16 and i would like to know if is compatible with GIGABYTE NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 OC - 2 GB GDDR5 - PCI-Express 3,0 .my power supply is 500 watt.http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=...

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November 13, 2013 1:38:23 PM

Yes, your motherboard is compatible with the 660.
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November 13, 2013 1:38:48 PM

As long as you have a PCIeX16 slot, the card will work. But only at the speed of the slot's version number.
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November 13, 2013 1:40:38 PM

clutchc said:
As long as you have a PCIeX16 slot, the card will work. But only at the speed of the slot's version number.


i;m sorry but what do you mean?the card won't reach it's full potential?
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November 13, 2013 1:42:39 PM

agis89 said:
clutchc said:
As long as you have a PCIeX16 slot, the card will work. But only at the speed of the slot's version number.


i;m sorry but what do you mean?the card won't reach it's full potential?


Basically it wont run at the PCI-E 2.0 speeds, but most likely it wont matter with your processor.
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November 13, 2013 1:45:11 PM

Kingbob said:
agis89 said:
clutchc said:
As long as you have a PCIeX16 slot, the card will work. But only at the speed of the slot's version number.


i;m sorry but what do you mean?the card won't reach it's full potential?


Basically it wont run at the PCI-E 2.0 speeds, but most likely it wont matter with your processor.


thank you
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November 13, 2013 2:04:52 PM

Kingbob said:
agis89 said:
clutchc said:
As long as you have a PCIeX16 slot, the card will work. But only at the speed of the slot's version number.


i;m sorry but what do you mean?the card won't reach it's full potential?


Basically it wont run at the PCI-E 2.0 speeds, but most likely it wont matter with your processor.


i'm sorry but you mean tha my processor is not good enough?so i could buy a cheaper and slightly worce card and have the same results?
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November 13, 2013 2:06:26 PM

Yes, if you got the 650ti it would preform pretty much the same. If you are going to upgrade you mobo/cpu anytime soon then maybe the better card is worth it.
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November 13, 2013 2:08:43 PM

Kingbob said:
Yes, if you got the 650ti it would preform pretty much the same. If you are going to upgrade you mobo/cpu anytime soon then maybe the better card is worth it.


ok thank you again!
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November 13, 2013 2:10:48 PM

What processor DO you have?
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November 13, 2013 2:13:26 PM

clutchc said:
What processor DO you have?


intel core 2 quad Q8300 2.50GHz 4 gigabyte ram
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November 13, 2013 2:19:02 PM

Then the GTX 660 will be a bit bottlenecked as mentioned above. What resolution is your monitor?
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November 13, 2013 2:22:45 PM

clutchc said:
Then the GTX 660 will be a bit bottlenecked as mentioned above. What resolution is your monitor?


it's 1366*768.so you too agree with the 650 ti?propably i won;t upgrade thw proccessor for at least 2 years
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November 13, 2013 2:57:36 PM

At 720p, you won't need anything like GTX 660 to play most games at max/near max settings. The 650ti would be more than enough. The CPU may hol;d you back a bit on CPU-demanding games. But games that are GPU demanding will fly.
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November 13, 2013 2:59:25 PM

clutchc said:
At 720p, you won't need anything like GTX 660 to play most games at max/near max settings. The 650ti would be more than enough. The CPU may hol;d you back a bit on CPU-demanding games. But games that are GPU demanding will fly.


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