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PCI-E problem with R9 270x

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February 5, 2014 9:02:32 AM

i have an old mobo (fujitsu siemens g31t-m2) and i want to upgrade for 1080p gaming.
the mobo says it has 1 pci e 1.0 slot and i dont really know much about pc. Would r9 270x work?
other specs:
cpu=core 2 q660
psu=400w psu, no brand
ram=3gb ram

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February 5, 2014 9:12:56 AM

sakox said:
i have an old mobo (fujitsu siemens g31t-m2) and i want to upgrade for 1080p gaming.
the mobo says it has 1 pci e 1.0 slot and i dont really know much about pc. Would r9 270x work?
other specs:
cpu=core 2 q660
psu=400w psu, no brand
ram=3gb ram


Hi - get confirmation from others, but PCIE are backwards compatible to 2.0, but I'm pretty sure not
to 1.0. I think you need upgrades - plural.
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February 5, 2014 9:25:32 AM

toyftw said:
sakox said:
i have an old mobo (fujitsu siemens g31t-m2) and i want to upgrade for 1080p gaming.
the mobo says it has 1 pci e 1.0 slot and i dont really know much about pc. Would r9 270x work?
other specs:
cpu=core 2 q660
psu=400w psu, no brand
ram=3gb ram


Hi - get confirmation from others, but PCIE are backwards compatible to 2.0, but I'm pretty sure not
to 1.0. I think you need upgrades - plural.


can i get low end card that uses pci e 2.0, is that backwards compatible to 1.0?
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February 5, 2014 9:25:34 AM

I would also suggest a full upgrade, memory, motherboard, cpu, gpu and a 500+ W Power Supply Unit.
Check benchmarks for everything, at the same time I suggest you have open some website that shows the prices of the hardware (so you know what you are comparing). Also, make sure the PSU is good. Some PSUs listed as 500W are really only good for 300 W. So check benchmarks there too. Just type in google, for example 'Nvidia 760 benchmark' and read a few benchmarks, not just one. Compare the component to its competition in your price range.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1267838/using-a-pci-e-3-0-in...

Look at 6th post. They don't list PCIE1.0 so I'm not sure if its compatible. Probably isn't.
Second, your GPU would get poorer performance and third, you might be CPU-bottlenecked in games on top of that (CPU can't keep up with games and GPU wont see much usage = very low FPS).

And most importantly, THIS:
Read what Razberybandit writes

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/307628-33-compatibi...

Only works with PCIe 2.0 Cards, reliably, which are graphics cards so old you don't want those.
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February 5, 2014 10:05:12 AM

The card will work but both the cpu and the PCIe 1.0 may cause it to be bottle necked. Also you should get a quality brand psu even if you are not going to upgrade your entire PC. And you won't be able to play at 1080 on this PC even if you upgrade the graphic card.
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February 5, 2014 10:09:34 AM

Why do you need a low end card if you want to play games at 1080p? Anyway check to see if HD 5450 or even better HD 6580 are available where you live. They should be pretty cheap and both are PCIe 2.0 cards. There is a GDDR5 HD 6850 that even has more than double the bandwidth of the GDDR3 card.
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