Does this card work with my motherboard?

elpuxa · May 22, 2014

Hello!

I was wondering if this gpu is compatible with my motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. P8H61-M LK R2.0 Rev X.0x CPU

http://sines-sines.olx.pt/vendo-placa-grafica-nvidia-evga-gtx-295-iid-455363431

Thank you very much for your time

radekmm · May 22, 2014

Any pci-e vor PCI card will be compatible with this mobo

IInuyasha74 · May 22, 2014

Yes it should work without issue, but that is a really low end motherboard, and a really old graphics card. You would be better off to buy a more modern graphics card. It would also help to buy a better motherboard, as even $50 motherboards can have superior features and performance.

However, if you already have purchased these items then it should work fine together.

elpuxa · May 22, 2014

IInuyasha74 :

I have 500w psu will it provide the necessary voltage?

IInuyasha74 · May 22, 2014

I don't think so. The card by itself will pull nearly 300w. Unless you are running with a low low end CPU and only one hard drive, I think you need a bigger one.

Tradesman1 · May 22, 2014

A GTX 295 calls for about a 700 watt PSU with at least 50 AMPs on the 12 volt, that Card has 2 GPUs in it

elpuxa · May 22, 2014

Tradesman1 :

Can you recommend a good cheap one?

IInuyasha74 · May 22, 2014

Honestly, I'm sorry to push this again, but I would really recommend you get a better card instead. For around $125 last I looked you can get an AMD Radeon 7850 that will work on a 500w PSU and outperform that older card.

elpuxa · May 22, 2014

IInuyasha74 :

No problem at all!

But I checked and it doesnt seem like it

http://www.hwcompare.com/12090/geforce-gtx-295-vs-radeon-hd-7850/

IInuyasha74 · May 22, 2014

See at the bottom of that page where it says benchmarks are "theoretical". That website is not a good choice for comparing hardware.

The Nvidia Geforce GTX 295 has a total of 480 CUDA cores. While it does have a large memory bandwidth, it only comes up to be at best equal to the 7850

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html

See that link by TomsHardware. It doesn't go into detail but its a much better comparison than the other website. It places them as equal to each other in performance, but the AMD Radeon 7850 consumes less than half the power used by the GTX 295. That means it will also run a lot cooler in temperature and make less noise. Not to mention it has higher DirectX and Mantle capabilities. I would say in a head to head competition that the 7850 would beat the GTX 295 in performance also.

IInuyasha74 · May 22, 2014

Look here on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st_price-asc-rank?keywords=7850&qid=1400800063&rh=n%3A172282%2Cn%3A541966%2Cn%3A193870011%2Cn%3A284822%2Ck%3A7850&sort=price-asc-rank

You can get one from Powercolor for about $100, it has 2GB RAM so it also will win in that aspect. The only part it doesn't win in is memory bandwidth, and that is just because an 896-bit bandwidth is crazy huge. Without it the GTX 295 would be way lower in the chart.

Tradesman1 · May 22, 2014

Have a friend that is running a 295 with a RaidMax Hybrid 730 they run about $70 at NewEgg he's had no problems, for about 3 years now, and that's also with a highly OCed 9650 on a base PCI-E slot....and while the 295 was a great card in it's day, a 7850 is a better card today

IInuyasha74 · May 22, 2014

Tradesman1 :

Yea I see it must of been an amazing card. Its just going like all technology does. It is around 5 years old and still capable of fighting around the performance of the AMD Radeon 7850 or Nvidia GTX 660. That is impressive, but just for power and heat reasons its not a good investment anymore.

elpuxa · May 23, 2014

IInuyasha74 :

Tradesman1 :

Yea I see it must of been an amazing card. Its just going like all technology does. It is around 5 years old and still capable of fighting around the performance of the AMD Radeon 7850 or Nvidia GTX 660. That is impressive, but just for power and heat reasons its not a good investment anymore.

So if i go with the Amd Radeon 7850 i wont need to change my 500w psu?

Tradesman1 · May 23, 2014

A good 500 will handle a 7850, preferably one with at least 21 AMPs on the 12 volt rail

elpuxa · May 23, 2014

Tradesman1 :

This is mine can you tell me if its going to work?

IInuyasha74 · May 23, 2014

Sorry, don't see any link there. Can you try posting it again so we can take a look at it?

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