Hi Guys,
Every google search I do for research on this subject puts me back here so I figure why not ask the comunity directly as they clearly know what they're talking about
I have an ASUS Nforce A8N-SLI SE motherboard with a pair of (badly matched) 7600GT cards. I had an asus one that was fine but then my mate gave me his XFX 7600GT and I put them together as SLI which although increased FPS on some games caused wierd alternating frame red artefacting on other games (such as Prototype) and now some artefacting with Bioshock 2. Turning SLI off fixes it but also reduces the FPS, so I'm going to buy a new graphics card.
Current Spec:
ASUS A8N-SLI SE
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+
3GB RAM
SLI:
Geforce 7600GT (XFX)
Geforce 7600GT (ASUS)
Windows 7
I'm obviously going to upgrade the RAM but my main concern is the graphics cards I want to buy a single good graphics card that will last a while so if I next upgrade the Mobo and Processor I can still keep the gfx card so I'm leaning towards buying a "XFX nVidia GeForce GTX275 896MB"
which looks nice but I'm wondering if the fact my motherboard only has PCI-E 16x and the card is PCI-E2 will limit its potential.
The alternative is the much cheaper but much older design Geforce 8800GT, with the possibility of buying another later down the line to SLI them.
So my question is: will the GTX275 work with my ASUS A8N-SLI SE? (I can't seem to find a conclusive answer either way)
And secondly is it worth buying a GTX275 over an 8800GT given my other hardware specs.
Thanks in advance for anyone taking the time to reply.
Every google search I do for research on this subject puts me back here so I figure why not ask the comunity directly as they clearly know what they're talking about
I have an ASUS Nforce A8N-SLI SE motherboard with a pair of (badly matched) 7600GT cards. I had an asus one that was fine but then my mate gave me his XFX 7600GT and I put them together as SLI which although increased FPS on some games caused wierd alternating frame red artefacting on other games (such as Prototype) and now some artefacting with Bioshock 2. Turning SLI off fixes it but also reduces the FPS, so I'm going to buy a new graphics card.
Current Spec:
ASUS A8N-SLI SE
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+
3GB RAM
SLI:
Geforce 7600GT (XFX)
Geforce 7600GT (ASUS)
Windows 7
I'm obviously going to upgrade the RAM but my main concern is the graphics cards I want to buy a single good graphics card that will last a while so if I next upgrade the Mobo and Processor I can still keep the gfx card so I'm leaning towards buying a "XFX nVidia GeForce GTX275 896MB"
which looks nice but I'm wondering if the fact my motherboard only has PCI-E 16x and the card is PCI-E2 will limit its potential.
The alternative is the much cheaper but much older design Geforce 8800GT, with the possibility of buying another later down the line to SLI them.
So my question is: will the GTX275 work with my ASUS A8N-SLI SE? (I can't seem to find a conclusive answer either way)
And secondly is it worth buying a GTX275 over an 8800GT given my other hardware specs.
Thanks in advance for anyone taking the time to reply.