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Hi,
Im thinking of buying a 4870 1GB for my old pc using this mobo: http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview. [...] ATA2&s=939

You think it will be compatible? or im going to run into problems with it? because right now my budget can only support a video card. I know my pc will bottleneck the vidcard but I just need to know if it will work fine. If it does ill buy it then get a new pc later on with another 4870 1GB for cross firing.

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it will work perfectly fine.

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thanks right now the mobo is using X1950 PRO you think ill need to change my power supply?

Reply to XmDXtReMeK

Those X1900's required massive amounts of power, I think it was like 280W? You should be fine with your current PSU, im guessing its at least 500W?

Dont really know about the wattage, but I know they required high amps..high.

Message edited by spathotan on 10-11-2008 at 11:53:24 PM

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Replaced X1950 XT with 4870 512.
Idle power is approx 40 Watts higher, However, load power was only approx 10 -> 15 Watts higher.

X1950 XT required 1 6pin pci-e power connector, powercolor 4870 512 required 2 6pin pci-e power connectors.

As long as you have the two pci-e pwr connectors and your psu was not on the edge (12V rail) then you should be OK.

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hey, i have a asrock wolfdale 1333-d667 r2.0 MoBo ( http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview. [...] R2.0&s=775 ) and i want to put a BFG NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT 1GB PCIe 2.0 ( http://www.bfgtech.com/bfgr951024gte.aspx ). am i going to have any problems????

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thechemist26 - No, you shouldn't have any problems with that card/motherboard combo.

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thanks Wolfshadw

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