Gtx 570 in pci-e 1.0 slot

[washington320fi]

Hey,

So first of all, I'm terrible with computers.
I've got a Fujitsu-Siemens Esprimo P5925 and running a Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 processor at 2666MHz and I'm considering upgrading my gfx card (currently GeForce 9300 GE) in order to play some of the new games i.e bf3.
My computer only has PCI-E x16 ports andI was wondering if a GTX 570, a 2.0 card, would run on my setup, or will it be horribly bottlenecked. I did some searching and apparently 2.0 cards should run in 1.0 slots but not all motherboards will run them correctly. PC Wizard tells me that my motherboard is a fujitsu-siemens D2584-A1.
I guess the question is, will it run?

Thanks!

 

[refillable]

I heard that 2.0 cards (not 2.1) most of the time works on 1.0 PciE. But even if it's fine the CPU will bottleneck (high bottleneck). The best thing for you I think is to upgrade the Motherboard and the Processor before upgrading to GTX 570. I might give you suggestion on good motherboards and processor.

And can you give me the full specs of your computer?

 

[washington320fi]

Thanks for the suggestion but I don't really have the money to go through upgrading my processor, motherboard and video card. Any suggestions on a video card that would run on my CPU and not be too bottlenecked? My processor meets the min requirements for most games, so if I upgraded my video card, most games should run on low-mid settings.

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 ~2666 MHz
Ram: 2 gb (going to upgrade to at least 4 gig)
Motherboard: Fujitsu-Siemens D2584-A1
Chipset: Intel Q35
Hard drive: 40GB (probably need to upgrade this at some point also)
GFX card at the moment: NVIDIA GeForce 9300 GE

 

[simon12]

If you are getting a new CPU & board soon you can get a bottlenecked card now ready for the next upgrade otherwise I suggest below a Radeon 6850 or Nvidia 460. I personally would get a Radeon 5770/6770 it would be a good matrch for the CPU and are very cheap for what they are. Also check your PSU can handle whatever upgrade you get and I recommend getting the RAM ASAP as well.

 

[refillable]

Maybe GTS 450 is your best, I don't think it will be bottlenecked much. You may not go with Radeon cards because I heard there have been some issue with 2.1's version of Radeon cards.

Also tell me the PSU? Because that is not a full one btw, you didn't show us your PSU.

 

[washington320fi]

Isn't the 6770 a pci-e 2.1 card? I've heard that they don't work well with pci-e 1.0. :S
My PSU is 300W. And yeah, I'm going to upgrade my RAM before the video card.

 

[simon12]

My brother has a Radeon 6870 in x PCIE 1.0 slot with no problems a PCIE 1.0 slot is basically a PCIE 2.1 slot but with only 8 lanes instead of 16 which makes very little difference (1-3%) unless you have a $500+ card

 

[washington320fi]

I'm guessing that my psu is too low to run most cards? Should I consider bumping it up from 300W?

 

[refillable]

I'm guessing that my psu is too low to run most cards? Should I consider bumping it up from 300W?

You need 350W+ for 450. Consider buying Good PSU like corsair 430W or Antec 430W

 

[washington320fi]

You need 350W+ for 450. Consider buying Good PSU like corsair 430W or Antec 430W

Gotcha.
So if I got the GTS 450 and upgraded to a 430W psu, should my setup support my low- to mid-end gaming needs? Planning on playing games such as BF3 and Diablo 3 (if they finally get it out ).

 

[refillable]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElUlIISMbWM

At 720p Ultra it seems to run fine (30-35fps)