GTX 280 with Pci Ex 1?

yikes, pentium D and a pcie 1x wow


save your money, as this is a TOTAL waste of $$$$

Not terrible. You would probably get a 25% drop in performance overall compared to what it could be on a core 2 at high speed on a late generation chipset/motherboard of any kind. It would work for now.

I think he means pci express 1.0 not pci-e 1x. The card wouldn't fit in a 1x slot to begin with. So yeah you would lose probably 25 percent of the cards maximum performance like rockbyter said.

This is of course assuming your board has a true electrical pci-e x16 slot.

You'd be much better off getting something like an 8800GT, maybe even a 3850 for $60 and then throwing in a more board/cpu combo for $180 later down the road.

The only reason to get a card that expensive is if you have the hardware that won't hold it back. This hardware will. I'm less concerned with the PCI-E 1.0 vs 2.0 then I am with the PD. You would bottle neck the hell out of that card. I have a pentium duel core (core tech... on the cheap side) and I can tell big differences when I don't OC it. It way holds back my 3870. Better off to upgrade more then just the card here. The E8500's are pretty cheap now. That with a more modern MoBo would suit you well.

^+1. True. You may also need a good PSU and case.