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February 5, 2014 3:01:33 PM

Hello everyone,

I have a Aurora Alienware desktop with a GTS 250 Super clocked video card that is going bad. I wanted to know if a HD 7850 would work on my motherboard or a way to find out. I have looked up my motherboard and read but I am just not sure. And if so is that a upgrade from my GTS 250?

ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe,AMD 790FX
AMD Athlon 7750 dual corex2 2.7ghz
750Watt PSU


Thank you very much for the help.
Bigz

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February 5, 2014 3:48:48 PM

It should work fine. And it will provide a nice boost over the old GTS 250 while using slightly less power: http://www.hwcompare.com/12118/geforce-gts-250-1gb-vs-r...

Don't forget to completely uninstall the old Nvidia driver before removing the card and installing the new one and its driver.
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February 5, 2014 4:34:50 PM

Ok, thank you very much for the information Clutchc
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February 5, 2014 7:29:24 PM

would the bus speed matter? I believe mine supports 4 x PCIe 2.0 Gfx with ATI CrossFireX™ and the is 3.0.

If not i need to look for 1 that is 2.0.


Thank you for helping.
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February 5, 2014 7:38:32 PM

Bigzie said:
would the bus speed matter? I believe mine supports 4 x PCIe 2.0 Gfx with ATI CrossFireX™ and the is 3.0.

If not i need to look for 1 that is 2.0.


Thank you for helping.


The PCI Express interface design is backward compatible. So no worry. Half the folks here are using PCIe 3.0 cards on 2.0 systems. Some even on 1.0 and 1.1.
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February 5, 2014 7:40:40 PM

oh sweet..thanks again for the replies.

XFX Core Edition FX-785A-ZNL4 Radeon HD 7850 1GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card.

this is probably the one i will get. hope the board is ok.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
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February 5, 2014 7:50:28 PM

Bigzie said:
oh sweet..thanks again for the replies.

XFX Core Edition FX-785A-ZNL4 Radeon HD 7850 1GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card.

this is probably the one i will get. hope the board is ok.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...


The board? You mean your Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe?
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/M3A32MVP_DeluxeWiFiAP/
Why would you think not? Your GTS 250 works in it, doesn't it?
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February 5, 2014 8:08:52 PM

Yeah, it works but has its problems. I think i said it wrong. maybe the brand or maker of the video card.

My computer is 5 yrs old in a couple months.
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February 6, 2014 11:18:38 AM

Bigzie said:
Yeah, it works but has its problems. I think i said it wrong. maybe the brand or maker of the video card.

My computer is 5 yrs old in a couple months.


I doubt the brand will make a difference as to it working or not. Of course, any one can get a new defective card. Is your MB in good working condition?
Btw, which one of theses is your processor?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
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February 6, 2014 8:10:12 PM

Sorry it took so long to get back to you. I am not sure which one it is. my computer just says AMD Athlon(TM) 7750z Dual Core processor. My motherboard seems to be in good working condition, i keep maintenance on my comp pretty good. You prob right, it should work fine.
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