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Hardy_eb   10-16-2009 at 11:50:29 PM

Hi, I've been searching all over the net like crazy and i still cant find a clear answer.

I live in NZ and its pretty hard to find a PCIe 1.0 x 8 graphics card.

I've read different forums saying that modern graphics card and run on PCIe 1.0. Will it work with my short stubby PCIe x 8 is my question. If it does will there be significant speed loss.

Latest graphics from raedon or Nvdia are all asking for a pcie 2.0 slot. I just want a somewhat latest card where i can run HD dvd and play some high graphics games.

Currently I bought a HIS Raedon 4350 PCI and its terrible running a DVD and real choppy frame rates with a lot of games. I dont want to buy a whole new PC yet. My pc is a dell 3ghz and its good enough for other applications other than games and movies.

If anyone can help that will be great!

chers

ancient hardware owner

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it seems your dell have 230w psu.

http://support.dell.com/support/ed [...] #wp1052310

even HD4350 need 300W psu as minimum requirement. to get better card you need to upgrade your psu first.
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renz496   10-17-2009 at 05:40:20 AM

modern cards have backward compatibility to work with older version of PCI-E. the card is not meant to be used for gaming purpose. btw what is your spec or dell's model?

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Hardy_eb   10-17-2009 at 09:42:32 AM

Hi,

I've got a dell dimension 3100/e310, 2gb memory, 80gb hdd, the 512mb 4350. Its got 2 pci one pcie 1.0.

Bought it pretty cheap years ago, thought i upgrade it later on just to find out it uses pcie v1.0. Also would like to know if its actually worth to hunt the www for a PCIe v1.0 graphics card.

thanks heaps

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Hardy_eb   10-17-2009 at 10:14:50 AM

Gosh i just surfed the net i didnt know there was a x1 pcie 1.0 that makes me knee deep in the sh... arent i?

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Dahak   10-17-2009 at 02:52:41 PM

I hate to say it,but your 4350 is not meant for gaming,or much else for that matter.Just purchase a newer card like the 4850 and you should be good to go.And all 2.0 video cards are backwards compatible with 1.1 slots.

Dahak

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renz496   10-17-2009 at 04:05:27 PM
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it seems your dell have 230w psu.

http://support.dell.com/support/ed [...] #wp1052310

even HD4350 need 300W psu as minimum requirement. to get better card you need to upgrade your psu first.

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Hardy_eb   10-18-2009 at 01:46:37 AM

Thanks heaps guys! i'll look into that psu renz..

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