Is ATI Radeon R7 240 compitable with my motherboard

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Hi,

I have gigabyte GA-880GM-UD2H motherboard with 400 watts psu. I am planing to buy a ATI Radeon R7 240 DDR5 for gaming purpose. But I am not sure whether my motherboard supports Radeon R7 240.

Here is my current system specs

AMD Phenom X61055t 2.8ghz(6cores)
4gb ddr3 1333mhz
GA-880GM-UD2H motherboard

My question is can I use ATI Radeon R7 240 DDR5 card with my current configuration or do I have to change my motherboard also?
 
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Don't ever buy that overprice card(yeah its expensive for its perfromance) you should get a 7750 or better card.My 7730 gddr5 is even better than that card,which is more cheaper.So just go get a 7750/7770/gtx 750/r7 260x bottomline for gaming purposes just save up more and you won't regret it.Unless your display is a CRT monitor which can play current games @ medium-high quality with only gt 610.

To answer if it is compatible,YES it is,your mobo has PCI-E 2.0 x16 SLOT sufficient for one GPU,and the r7 240 only uses the power from the PCI-E 2.0 x16(no need for external/extra power from the PSU)
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Don't ever buy that overprice card(yeah its expensive for its perfromance) you should get a 7750 or better card.My 7730 gddr5 is even better than that card,which is more cheaper.So just go get a 7750/7770/gtx 750/r7 260x bottomline for gaming purposes just save up more and you won't regret it.Unless your display is a CRT monitor which can play current games @ medium-high quality with only gt 610.

To answer if it is compatible,YES it is,your mobo has PCI-E 2.0 x16 SLOT sufficient for one GPU,and the r7 240 only uses the power from the PCI-E 2.0 x16(no need for external/extra power from the PSU)
 
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Thanks for reply,

I want to play games like Witcher 2, Sykrim, Borderlands 2 at 1366*768 resolution with medium - high settings with 30fps. The reason I chose this is because of 30watts power consumption and the gaming benchmarks look alright for these games. And I also dont want to buy extra cooler. So If I buy a 7730 gddr5 does it require extra cooler or power supply?
 
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No,you will not need those extra cooler/power,but I reccomend 7750/gtx 750 this are the best card that doesn't use additional power from the PSU.I

7730 performance IMO

Witcher 2 1440x900 medium settings some lag
30fps+(dunno if its the gpu or just the lack of ram< I have only 2gb)

Skyrim 1440x900 high settings(40+fps) maybe a tweak ultra settings (27+fps)

Borderlans 2 dunno cause never played it,but the engine that the game uses is very optimized(UnrealEngine) so I think med-high settings with playable fps.
 
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