Nvidia NForce 650i

[Tirnoth]

Hi,

I have a Velocity E2240 of which I have upgrade some parts such as the power supply to a Kingwin Mach 1 1000W and the nVidia 285 GTX but since that video card has become obsolete, I wanted to know if a Radeon 6870 would work for this motherboard?

I believe the motherboard is a Nvidia NForce 650i SLI...

What I have...
Vista 32-bit Ultimate
Q6600 2.4 Ghz
4 Gigs DDR2
Nvidia 285 GTX
1000 Watt

 

[sharkbyte5150]

Yes, it would work but because your PCIe is not 2.0 the card will run at half bandwidth on that board and I'd suggest a 2.0 (not 2.1) card.

Here's one of the better 6870 cards
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102948

Question: why would you use a Radeon card on an Nvidia motherboard?
It's pricier but I think the gtx560ti is better, the MSI Twin Frozer is nice

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127565