Would the GTX 660 2GB fit in this motherboard?

Reverden · Dec 23, 2013

I'm not sure what this motherboard is because I don't have a monitor to check. Here is an image of the board:

I'm wondering if the gtx 660 will fit here before blatantly coughing up $160 for a GPU that doesn't fit. Wires could be reworked.

The PC is custom built. I'm not sure of the exact specs, but from what I remember it has: i7 (not sure how many GHz), 8GB ram, 430W PSU, and a fried HDD.

Qu9ke · Dec 24, 2013

I googled the board solely based on the physical appearance, and the closest board I have come across is this one http://www.msi.com/product/mb/G41M4-F.html#/?div=Basic It looks nearly identical to yours in every way, and it also has a PCI-Ex16 slot which if I'm not mistaken is the white slot near the bottom that isn't quite lined up with the two below it. Here is another picture I found on google. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/PCI_und_PCIe_Slots.jpg The gtx 660, or at least the one I got which is the n660 tf 2gd5/oc, uses PCI-e3 x16. Seeing as you have PCI-e2. as do most people, I assume along with the convenience of backwards compatibility, I don't see a problem.
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WARNING: While the card will physically fit in the motherboard, it is probably not the best thing to do picking that card. If your motherboard is ANYTHING like the one mentioned in the first link, then it will have around maximum shared vga memory of 1740 MB. If the max vga memory has any correlation with the gtx 660's memory which is 2048 MB, then your motherboard's capabilities will actually hold the card back. Again, I'm not sure if the mobo's max shared memory and the memory of the graphics card are tied together, but if they are then your mobo I can only assume isn't strong enough to bring about the card's full potential.

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