will zotac gt 740 2gb ddr5 work with msi-7525 motherboard (pcie x16 1.1 and intel g31 chipset) ?

mimo16 · May 3, 2015

i have compaq cq3020 il with 4 gb ddr2 ram .
here is the link to my specs-

http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/Compaq-Presario-CQ3000-Desktop-PC-series/3942826/model/4012756/document/c01701251/ or,

http://support.hp.com/us-en/product/Compaq-Presario-CQ3000-Desktop-PC-series/3942826/model/4012756/document/c01812378/

i have a 9500gt 1gb ddr2 and it runs fine and I want to upgrade to zotac gt 740 2gb ddr5 , here is the link -

http://www.zotac.com/in/products/graphics-cards/geforce-700-series/gt-740/product/gt-740/detail/geforce-gt-740-2/sort/starttime/order/DESC/amount/10/section/specifications.html

Please anwser me ASAP whether it will work or not as i am very much confused.

Phillip Corcoran · May 3, 2015

Your Compaq PC's PCIe slots conform only to PCIe 1.1
Your existing 9500 GT was designed for PCIe 2.0 so it's performance isn't affected too much.

However, the Zotac GT 740 is designed for a PCIe 3.0 slot, therefore it's performance in a PCIe 1.1 slot will be bottlenecked considerably.

You need to stick with PCIe 2.0 cards otherwise you are just wasting your money and gaining very little (if anything at all).

Mugglensu1984 · May 3, 2015

I don't think so.

The Zotac GT 740 will be bottlenecked for sure, but not due to the PCI-E slot, more because of your legacy CPU.

mimo16 · May 4, 2015

it means that it will work in my pc , but will be a bit bottlenecked. Howerver, the bottleneck won't be much , check here

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/358350-33-express-card-pcie-slot-compatible-performance

mimo16 · May 4, 2015

also, can anyone of you refer a good psu with 300-400 watts?

Mugglensu1984 · May 4, 2015

This is the best 400Watt PSU you can get:

SeaSonic Platinum Series SS-400FL2 Active PFC F3 400W ATX12V Fanless 80 PLUS Platinum Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply

mimo16 · May 5, 2015

Thanks for recommendation. I will surely check it.

Also, one more question. Can i run zotac gt 730 2gb ddr5 ? - http://www.zotac.com/in/products/graphics-cards/geforce-700-series/gt-730/product/gt-730/detail/geforce-gt-730-12/sort/starttime/order/DESC/amount/10/section/specifications.html

Mugglensu1984 · May 5, 2015

mimo16 :

Yup

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