Pci express 4x graphic card

[reactionnNN]

Hi. I have a stupid question for you but it's true that I don't know the answer.
My motherboard only have PCI-E 4x and I want to buy a new graphic card.
I want to know if a PCI-E 2.0 or a PCI-E 16x fits and WORKS in a PCI-E 4x expansion slot.
Is that possible? Any idea of what graphic card I sould buy?

 

[Upendra09]

yes it will work but there will be a big bottleneck

what game are u playing and at what res? and how big is ur monitor? and ur budget

 

[shadow187]

So you have a PCI-E 1.0 x4?

Most any card will be bottlenecked by the the low amount of lanes. If I were you, the MOST I'd ever put in that is an HD4670.

 

[reactionnNN]

Hi.
My pc is quite a bit old but it has a PCI-e 4x slot and a AGP 8x slot.
Do you think I should buy a PCI-e 4x graphics card or a APG 8x one?
Which one is the best option? And what graphics card do you recommend?

 

[shadow187]

PCI-Express by far. Not to mention every AGP card is $40 more than its PCI-Express cuonterpart.

 

[reactionnNN]

Thanks for your information.
To answer. My monitor is a LCD 19'. I can play CoD4 well; Fallout3 at minimum.
I'm thinking to spend about 200€
And it's a PCI-E (4x mode)

 

[Upendra09]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814129152

this is the best without a bottleneck it runs at x1

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127412

with a slight bottlenck this runs at x16

 

[shadow187]

About 200?

Get a new motherboard and an HD5770.

 

[reactionnNN]

Thanks again.

 

[reactionnNN]

My motherboard is a asrock 775 DUAL-VSTA.
Which garphics card do you recommend?
I can pay up to 200€

 

[jyjjy]

What resolution is your monitor?
The x4 is going to limit the more powerful cards.

 

[turboflame]

Performance wise the AGP slot would be faster but PCI express cards are cheaper.

 

[shadow187]

See your other thread.

 

[Mousemonkey]

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