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alazyboi   06-04-2009 at 11:38:08 AM

hi i have a GA-G41M-ES2L ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813128388 ) and i dont know if i can use a GDDR3 video card like this one ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814133243 ) on it cuz the specs on the mobo doesnt say. and i tried googling to see if others can use it but no useful results :(

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cjl   06-04-2009 at 12:01:05 PM
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Yep. Video memory type is irrelevant for motherboard compatibility.

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Bronze Motherboards badge gkay09   06-04-2009 at 12:03:10 PM
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Hi...You dont have to check the compatabilty of the vRAM and the mobo...The factor that you should check is the Slot type...Whether the mobo has PCIe x16 Slot or AGP slot for choosing the graphics card type...
If you have a PCIe x16 slot, then you can use any PCIe x16/ PCIe x16 2.0 Graphics card and vice - versa
If you have an AGP slot on the mobo, then you can use only AGP graphics cards...

Your mobo has PCIe 2.0 slot so it can use any of the PCIe x16/ PCIe x16 2.0 cards with any type of RAM be it GDDR3/ GDDR2/ GDDR5/ or any...
So just check the slot type...
And your mobo is compatible with that card...
A general suggestion though...that 9800GT card is not worth that money...
Instead get this...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130469

And before you buy these discrete graphics cards, check if your power supply will be able to handle these...

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mindless728   06-04-2009 at 03:51:00 PM
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i could see where someone would think that there could be incompadibility, think about the memory for computers now DDR,DDR2,DDR3 it is getting confusing for people that are new to the inner workings of computers

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alazyboi   06-04-2009 at 06:31:28 PM
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gkay09 wrote :

Hi...You dont have to check the compatabilty of the vRAM and the mobo...The factor that you should check is the Slot type...Whether the mobo has PCIe x16 Slot or AGP slot for choosing the graphics card type...
If you have a PCIe x16 slot, then you can use any PCIe x16/ PCIe x16 2.0 Graphics card and vice - versa
If you have an AGP slot on the mobo, then you can use only AGP graphics cards...

Your mobo has PCIe 2.0 slot so it can use any of the PCIe x16/ PCIe x16 2.0 cards with any type of RAM be it GDDR3/ GDDR2/ GDDR5/ or any...
So just check the slot type...
And your mobo is compatible with that card...
A general suggestion though...that 9800GT card is not worth that money...
Instead get this...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130469

And before you buy these discrete graphics cards, check if your power supply will be able to handle these...



i have a OCZ modxtream 600w
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817341017
do you think its good enough? or should i get another card?


Message edited by alazyboi on 06-04-2009 at 06:32:29 PM
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Bronze Motherboards badge gkay09   06-05-2009 at 06:45:06 AM
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^ That PSU is more than suffice for any single card configuration(Except X2 configs and GTX295)...
What resolution do you play at ???
And give us the max budget that you want to spend on the graphics...

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alazyboi   06-05-2009 at 09:51:21 AM
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windows mode for mmorpgs and full screen for shooting games like l4d, Team fort 2, cs, gunz the duel

and my mobo is a mATX it can only fit 1 card

max budget would be around $130 i guess

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Andraxxus   06-05-2009 at 11:40:29 AM
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You could try this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814150351 or this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814121317 (if you overclock a little you get nearly the performance of the HD4850 with 512 MB no HD4770 with 1GB yet but it's coming).

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Bronze Motherboards badge gkay09   06-05-2009 at 01:34:47 PM
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^ Nice suggestions...
The 4850 1GB should work for you very good...

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