i have an old system which isn't too great but the biggest setback in it is my graphics card
my system is:
cpu: AMD Athlon 64*2 4200+
mobo: ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe
ram: 3GB
graphics: Nvidia GForce 6600GT
so i want to upgrade my graphics card
and i thought of ATI 5000 series
but the thing is that those cards use pci-e 2.1 buss and my mobo has pci-e 1 (X16)
so i did some research and i found that the cards are supposed to be backwards compatible but there are some issues about it
so i'm asking for your help, please tell me what you think, would it be compatible?
and if it does do i have to format my computer in order to change the graphics card or bould it be enough to uninstall Nvidia drivers and install ATI drivers
thanks
my system is:
cpu: AMD Athlon 64*2 4200+
mobo: ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe
ram: 3GB
graphics: Nvidia GForce 6600GT
so i want to upgrade my graphics card
and i thought of ATI 5000 series
but the thing is that those cards use pci-e 2.1 buss and my mobo has pci-e 1 (X16)
so i did some research and i found that the cards are supposed to be backwards compatible but there are some issues about it
so i'm asking for your help, please tell me what you think, would it be compatible?
and if it does do i have to format my computer in order to change the graphics card or bould it be enough to uninstall Nvidia drivers and install ATI drivers
thanks