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clannadnagisa   05-13-2009 at 02:41:31 PM

So im running on a pos Dell dimension e310 or the time being. and i need a pci express 1x graphics card that is able to play left4dead. so can any one tell me a good chip and i only want 1x not anything else because its not an open end port ,and i dont want to mess up my motherboard by cutting something

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ChronoBodi   05-13-2009 at 03:30:56 PM
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] rder=PRICE

and, is it PCI or Express x1? two different things.

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rewindlabs   05-13-2009 at 03:56:09 PM
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You WILL HAVE TO! upgrade your ram to atleast 2gbs...its only like 20$ though so no sweat...your cpu should do just fine in L4D due to the source engine being all friendly with the low end cpu's....

http://forums.cnet.com/5208-7591_1 [...] dID=152312

Emmm im not even sure if you will be able to play l4d....your so limited with that thing

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Bronze Graphics badge EXT64   05-13-2009 at 05:18:37 PM
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Those are all workstation cards (so I'm not sure how well they'd do in games). I've never heard of a PCI-E 1x gaming card.

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djcoolmasterx   05-13-2009 at 05:44:33 PM
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Provided it is a x16 physical slot that only runs at X1 all PCI-E graphics cards should work but would have a massive bottleneck.

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Bronze Graphics badge EXT64   05-13-2009 at 05:46:32 PM
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I think he means a true 1x slot (since he says he doesn't want to cut anything and the slot is not open).

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djcoolmasterx   05-13-2009 at 05:48:28 PM
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Ah, sorry thats me being too lazy to read the thread.

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clannadnagisa   05-13-2009 at 10:03:08 PM
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yea im upping my ram this weekend but i want to ge a better gfx card i herd this one is good

albatron geforce 9500gt pcie 1x

but im unsure if it will work for my pc

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Bronze Graphics badge EXT64   05-13-2009 at 10:32:13 PM
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Wow, good find! You can look up a normal 9500GT in the THG charts (or any other review) to see if it performs the way you want it to. Hard to say though if the 1x would limit it.

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mindless728   05-13-2009 at 10:50:27 PM
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wow, newegg only has 2 pcie x1, and they are Radeon X1550

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rewindlabs   05-13-2009 at 10:52:19 PM
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Well i don't believe it will do left 4 dead very well...i suggest you check this out lol

http://gamechalkboard.com/forum/showthread.php?t=96

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clannadnagisa   05-14-2009 at 01:38:25 AM
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i think imma just get the vid card cuz im already building a pc soon so it ganna be cheap for me to mak this one out for now

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rewindlabs   05-14-2009 at 03:04:07 AM
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Engrish is a language spoken by few today...i see youv mastered it ;)

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Bluescreendeath   05-14-2009 at 03:10:10 AM
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rewindlabs wrote :

Engrish is a language spoken by few today...i see youv mastered it ;)



no, it's just slangs and bad grammar.

Engrish is the improper use of english stemming from differences with East Asian languages.

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rewindlabs   05-14-2009 at 04:13:58 AM
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Bluescreendeath wrote :

no, it's just slangs and bad grammar.

Engrish is the improper use of english stemming from differences with East Asian languages.


Mmmm we both have different definitions for the word then...

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clannadnagisa   05-14-2009 at 05:08:54 AM
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So will the albatron 9500gt pcie 1x card work for my pc ???

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djcoolmasterx   05-14-2009 at 06:11:39 PM
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rewindlabs wrote :

Mmmm we both have different definitions for the word then...



It just so happens that BSOD has the correct one.

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clannadnagisa   05-14-2009 at 11:58:58 PM
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:'( my question is being ignored

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clannadnagisa   05-15-2009 at 03:38:13 AM
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sorry for double post testing something

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