asus p5p41c pci-e 16x what graphics card to use?

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asus p5p41c pci-e 16x wondering what nvidia cards will work with this mobo. what bit rate card to use 128bit,384bit, does it take pci-e 3.0. should I use nvidia GDDR3 or GDDR5 can it take a gtx 750/760/770/780 GDDR5, or a gtx 780 384bit GDDR3. I would appreciate anyones help and thanks in advance. have ddr3 2x2gb ram, core 2 duo 3.o 6m 1333, 500 watt psu, 1.5tb hdd.
 
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memory interface (that bit stuff) combined with the gpu VRAM speed determine a card total bandwidth. GDDR5 is faster than GDDR3. cards equipped with GDDR5 usually end ups a bit faster than it's counterpart that using GDDR3. for example if there are GDDR3 and GDDR5 version of 650 take the later. for your system i don't recommend for you to take 770 or 780. the highest i would recommend would be 750 Ti.
your cpu is quite old. since your mobo is based on intel G41 chipset most likely it will have PCI-E v1.1. that's not really a problem but your cpu might even bottleneck todays entry level gpu like GTX750. as for the GDDR3/GDDR5 stuff you don't need to concern about mobo compatibility since it will not going to affect that aspect. for your system i'd recommend for you to take GTX750
 

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what bit rate should I be concerned about on the gpu side? choices are
GTX GDDR3 384bit 2013 GTX780 2GB
GTX STOCK 128bit GDDR3 which is a GTX650
GTX770 GDDR5 128bit 1GB?
 
memory interface (that bit stuff) combined with the gpu VRAM speed determine a card total bandwidth. GDDR5 is faster than GDDR3. cards equipped with GDDR5 usually end ups a bit faster than it's counterpart that using GDDR3. for example if there are GDDR3 and GDDR5 version of 650 take the later. for your system i don't recommend for you to take 770 or 780. the highest i would recommend would be 750 Ti.
 
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