Asus P5VD1-X PCIe Graphic card support

[userfriendly]

i am using a Asus P5VD1-X motherboard. It support both AGP and PCIe graphic card. However, the manual states that it can only support PCIe graphic card x4.

what is PCIe x4 and what's the different between PCIe x4 and PCIe x16?

does it mean that it will not work if i plug in a PCIe x16 graphic card?

thanks.

 

[fullmetal001]

i had the exact same problem like you. lol

its a pritty poor mobo but good for the budget pocket,

what kinda gfx are u thinging about buying ?

i wouldn`t recomend a very very fast one eg. 7900+
cos it only suports 4x

but it should suport them, i had a 7600GS at first and it worked fine (after i got it replaced the gfx was faulty....)

but i would recomend u upgrade ure mobo to a full 16x mobo

but if u dont have enough money the pci-e should work fine but dont take my word for it, it SHOULD thereticly work

and u can always just try it with a very cheap pci ex gfx :lol:

good luck, post back to see what ure doing

 

[userfriendly]

i had the exact same problem like you. lol

its a pritty poor mobo but good for the budget pocket,

what kinda gfx are u thinging about buying ?

i wouldn`t recomend a very very fast one eg. 7900+
cos it only suports 4x

but it should suport them, i had a 7600GS at first and it worked fine (after i got it replaced the gfx was faulty....)

but i would recomend u upgrade ure mobo to a full 16x mobo

but if u dont have enough money the pci-e should work fine but dont take my word for it, it SHOULD thereticly work

and u can always just try it with a very cheap pci ex gfx :lol:

good luck, post back to see what ure doing

hey thanks for the reply....

so ur mobo is also a pcie 4x? i've just bought the mobo beginning of this year so i'll be using it for quite a while. i am using ATI Radeon 9600 XT AGP card now, am thinking of upgrading the gfx card in the future.

so if i can't use PCIe 16x graphic card on this mobo then i may have problem playing better games...

thanks for the reply once again.

 

[fullmetal001]

well i bought a new mobo with 16x, and also bought a new gfx,

but my old(er) gfx the 7600GS worked fine with my old mobo-P5VD1-X-

u could try to buy a very cheap gfx one that only costs about 20 pound/$

or u could try somebody u know who has a pci ex card and see how it worked for u.

but it "should" -not guaranting it- work

what are your other specs in our pc ?

i would recomend that u dont buy a gfx over a 7600/7900

btw some new mobos which suport x-fire and sli use one 16x and one 4x pic-e slots so it should work

but try it out for uresalf