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Hi,

I was wondering about any problems I may have between my motherboard and gpu. I currently have a M2N68-LA (Narra5) motherboard and I am planning on getting the ATI Radeon HD 5450. My reasoning behind the 5450 is it's low power consumption.

I am relatively new in the world of physical computing so I really don't understand this well. I saw this site and I jumped at the chance to ask a question to this tech-smart community of yours.

Thank you for viewing my question. :)
 
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Here is the rule of thumb when it comes to mobo/GPU compatability.
"If it has a PCIe 16x slot, it will run whatever graphics card you want. Good luck finding a board manufactured in the last 10 years that doesn't have one "
This is ignoring other limitations like power though. Also if the mobo has a PCIe Gen1.1 slot and its a Gen2 card, you may run into problems.

But your fine, it should work. The HD5450 doesnt require a dedicated power connector, so thats not a point of conflict.

May I ask why your getting this graphics card? Its pretty weak being a bottom of the barrel card from 3yrs ago, and the Phenom II chips that go in that board all have integrated graphics.
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Here is the rule of thumb when it comes to mobo/GPU compatability.
"If it has a PCIe 16x slot, it will run whatever graphics card you want. Good luck finding a board manufactured in the last 10 years that doesn't have one "
This is ignoring other limitations like power though. Also if the mobo has a PCIe Gen1.1 slot and its a Gen2 card, you may run into problems.

But your fine, it should work. The HD5450 doesnt require a dedicated power connector, so thats not a point of conflict.

May I ask why your getting this graphics card? Its pretty weak being a bottom of the barrel card from 3yrs ago, and the Phenom II chips that go in that board all have integrated graphics.
 
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I currently have an HP Pavilion s5503w that only has 220 watts of power. I would upgrade the psu but HP and their infinite wisdom has different psu racks that only support one type of psu. Even if I was to upgrade, I could only get a 300 watt max. And since I've calculated that I'll have enough headroom to support this gpu, it fits my current budget. Although, I am planning to build a custom pc from scratch once I earn enough money. This card is just to supply my moderate gaming needs on low to medium settings.

PS. Actually, I've seen videos where this card can fully support Portal 2 (my favorite game of all time) on max settings. 160 hours put into the game which will be continued onto the 5450. LOL (proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jsCHPchl_w )
 
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I feel Portal my be a fringe case, Valve are pretty good at keeping their performance requirements low. That, and I dont really trust random Youtube videos for this kind of info, too many showing something ridiculous like a GT430 running BF3 maxed everything has me skeptical about them.

Anyway, buying a card like that is a pretty poor value. The price/performance graph is a bell curve, and when your buying a $30 GPU, your right at the start where its dead near flat and spending $10 and $40 on a card makes no difference, spending a little bit more can get you pretty massive returns for performance.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202120&cm_re=hd7750-_-14-202-120-_-Product
 
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I hate to keep asking things, but would that card work with my 220 watt psu? Also, the integrated graphics in this thing is the GeForce 6150SE nForce 430, so in either case (based off what I've read), the 5450 should be a sizable improvement over the 6150SE nForce 430.
 
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Okay, thank you so much! :)

 
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