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Asus Radeon HD 4870 1GB card too much for GA-EP35-DS3L

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nakago   07-08-2009 at 02:55:19 AM

Just bought a ASUS EAH4870 DK/HTDI/1GD5 Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready ,

my MOBO is only a GA-EP35-DS3L, i bought the card to replace my REALLY bad EVGA 8600 GT (super bad for games) but apparently this new card is a over kill????

my mobo will not be able to take advantage of the GDDR5? the PCIE-2.0 ?
if this is true, what video card should I buy that will allow my MOBO to take full advantage of the card.

(ps, i don't want to upgrade my mobo for now)

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MaDMagik   07-08-2009 at 05:35:28 PM
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nakago wrote :

my mobo will not be able to take advantage of the GDDR5? the PCIE-2.0 ?



Was it a salesman that told you that? The only thing that can really bottleneck your card is the CPU.

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