Is my motherboard compatible with ASUS R9270-DC2OC-2GD5 Graphics Cards

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EmoKillerYT

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I am trying to find out if my motherboard can handle this GPU.

Motherboard: (i don't know which one is my motherboard so I'll tell you guys the stuff I have from CPU-Z

Manufacturer: Gateway
Model: DX4870 (2013 Version)
Chipset: Intel Sandy bridge
Southbridge: Intel P75/B75
LPCIO: ITE IT8772


GPU I am planning to get:
ASUS R9270-DC2OC-2GD5 Graphics Cards


PLZ ANSWER ASAP

 
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Darkbreeze
Look on the motherboard for the model number. It should be printed directly on the motherboard itself. Normally I'd just say YES it supports it, as the architecture is definitely new enough, but some of those Gateway units have motherboards that don't have x16 PCIe slots. If your motherboard has a PCIe x16 slot, then it supports it.
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Look on the motherboard for the model number. It should be printed directly on the motherboard itself. Normally I'd just say YES it supports it, as the architecture is definitely new enough, but some of those Gateway units have motherboards that don't have x16 PCIe slots. If your motherboard has a PCIe x16 slot, then it supports it.
 
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That's pretty offhand considering I just looked at four sub-models of that unit that had motherboards without PCIe x16 slots. Some of those Gateway machines are terribly low end and not meant to be anything other than internet browsing machines. Most of them have proprietary hardware.
 
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How could you look it up when he hasn't posted the motherboard model. That model listed is for the whole rig, and is not the entire prebuilt model number. There are a bunch of sub-models using that same base model, and they all have different internal hardware.

It MIGHT have one, but it would sure be nice to know that for sure before assuring somebody that an expensive piece of hardware is going to work in their rig and then finding out later that it won't. All the sub models I've looked at so far have had ONLY integrated graphics. NO graphics cards at all. Which makes it even more potentially likely that there is no PCIe x16 slot. It could have one, but it could just as easily not have one depending on the specific model.

The machine itself should have a sticker on the back or side with the full model which will be something like DX4870-ub318, DX4870-ub306, DX4870-ub17, DX4870-ur3d, etc.
 
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From what i saw, all the sub-models of that pc had the same motherboard, just different models of cpu, amount of ram, etc. Now it could be a different motherboard that doesnt have a pcie x16 slot, but from what ive found it should have one.
 
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Just take the side cover off, look at the board, and if there is a slot like the blue x16 slots shown here, then it supports that or any other current or last couple of generation cards. Your power supply, as mentioned, is probably a different story.



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