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carl111   07-31-2011 at 06:33:58 PM

Hello,

will a Sapphire Radeon HD 5450 pci-e fit an Abit IC7 motherboard ( I have a 9800 pro on it now 420 watt ps)? I am not sure what the difference is between plain old pci\ven and pci-3...?

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mosox   08-01-2011 at 09:15:19 PM

This your mobo?

http://www.abit.com.tw/page/en/mot [...] L_NAME=IC7

No, that mobo is AGP. You plan to game on the PC?

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carl111   08-02-2011 at 11:57:13 PM

HI Mosox thanks for responding. its an IC7, but there is no G , it says IC7 v 1.1.

(P4 3.2 EE, 1gig ram).

yes I plan on gaming and have, I have played for instance far cry amped up to highest level, AA on etc etc ...

I have a Radeon 9800 pro 256 in it now and want to upgrade it to 512 and was looking for compatible cards.


As you see I am not up on what the pci vs agp issue means for me. I picked that card I mentioned because it fit the timeframe my computer was built etc.

I am open to any suggestions...?


Message edited by carl111 on 08-02-2011 at 11:57:47 PM
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mosox   08-03-2011 at 07:22:55 PM

PCIe cards don't work on your mobo. Is this your card?

http://www.lyberty.com/tech/sysspe [...] Direct.htm

AGP cards

SAPPHIRE 100288L Radeon HD 4650
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102851
GIGABYTE GV-R465D2-1GI Radeon HD 4650
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814125281
HIS IceQ H467QS1GHA Radeon HD 4670
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814161337

You should better change the platform (mobo/CPU/memory) and buy a PCIe video card. Say $200 + the video card.

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carl111   08-04-2011 at 02:36:51 AM

actually my card is a 256 not 128 mb, but yes looks an awful lot like it, anyway, I have been scared witless reading the reviews of the cards you suggested, not a hit on you, ;) just that I would prefer not to go driver crazy. I have looked a this;

VisionTek ATI Radeon HD 3650 1 GB DDR2 AGP Graphics Card 900284

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applica [...] eviewStart


it seems to work fine with Win XP, which is what I run and has few driver issues from what I read.....

I really don't want to tear the guts out of my comp. this would carry me thru the games I wish top play etc...

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mosox   08-04-2011 at 11:01:33 AM

Nope, it's old. You must bite the bullet, you can RMA the card if you can't get it running. From what I know they sorted the drivers.

 

From a comment in there:

 

Other Thoughts: Before you even install the new card:

 

1. make sure you delete all previous display drivers. Download Driver Sweeper to help you do this.
2. Make sure your BIOS is updated to the current version.
3. Make sure your motherboards chipset is upgraded to the latest version.
4. Make sure you have an adequate power supply.

 

After you manually install the card:

 

1. Hopefully your PC's hardware manager recognized the new card (mine did). Install the display driver from the install disk via the add new hardware wizard and reboot when asked.
2. Download the regular 11.3 driver package from the amd/ati website (NOT the AGP hotfix).
3. Do a custom install of the 11.3 driver package and only install the display driver. Reboot when asked.
4. Download the 11.3 AGP Hotfix and do an individual custom install for the CCC, the HD audio driver, and the SDK.

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carl111   08-06-2011 at 04:15:18 AM

mosox wrote :

Nope, it's old. You must bite the bullet, you can RMA the card if you can't get it running. From what I know they sorted the drivers.

From a comment in there:

Other Thoughts: Before you even install the new card:

1. make sure you delete all previous display drivers. Download Driver Sweeper to help you do this.
2. Make sure your BIOS is updated to the current version.
3. Make sure your motherboards chipset is upgraded to the latest version.
4. Make sure you have an adequate power supply.

After you manually install the card:

1. Hopefully your PC's hardware manager recognized the new card (mine did). Install the display driver from the install disk via the add new hardware wizard and reboot when asked.
2. Download the regular 11.3 driver package from the amd/ati website (NOT the AGP hotfix).
3. Do a custom install of the 11.3 driver package and only install the display driver. Reboot when asked.
4. Download the 11.3 AGP Hotfix and do an individual custom install for the CCC, the HD audio driver, and the SDK.




what you seem to be saying is my choice is old? and I would be better off with one of your suggestions?


would a nividia have less driver issues etc.?

money is not really an issue, I am willing to go to the wall and get whats best out there for what I have.

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mosox   08-07-2011 at 04:39:16 PM

Nvidia are older, they don't make AGP cards anymore except for those above. Do you want to game on the PC or just watch videos, etc? You can get a nice latest technology motherboard with good integrated video/CPU/RAM for some $200.

ASRock 880G PRO3 AM3+
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813157243
AMD Athlon II X3 445
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103872
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231425

$205.97

No video car required.

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carl111   08-07-2011 at 04:52:28 PM

mosox wrote :

Nvidia are older, they don't make AGP cards anymore except for those above. Do you want to game on the PC or just watch videos, etc? You can get a nice latest technology motherboard with good integrated video/CPU/RAM for some $200.

ASRock 880G PRO3 AM3+
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813157243
AMD Athlon II X3 445
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819103872
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6820231425

$205.97

No video car required.




Thx Mosox..its mainly for gamming, games created during the 90's and 2000's ;)

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mosox   08-07-2011 at 04:59:13 PM

Then can you throw in a video card? What's your monitor resolution? Older games will work fine on the integrated video card but the new ones will require a video card.

 

Here's a cheaper good one good for any game at lower resolutions.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102930

 

LE: If you have an IDE hard drive or DVD writer we must change the mobo, that one doesn't have it.

 

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carl111   08-07-2011 at 05:14:05 PM

mosox wrote :

Then can you throw in a video card? What's your monitor resolution? Older games will work fine on the integrated video card but the new ones will require a video card.

Here's a cheaper good one good for any game at lower resolutions.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102930

LE: If you have an IDE hard drive or DVD writer we must change the mobo, that one doesn't have it.




I have a WD 80 gb WD800 cavier hard drive .....

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carl111   08-07-2011 at 05:52:58 PM

oh and I have a vga connection, samsung monitor mutli profiles etc.

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mosox   08-07-2011 at 06:02:57 PM
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No problem, change the mobo with this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813131651

That video card has VGA output.

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