Will this card work on my pc

[anurag punk]

hello everyone .

i have purchased a graphic card for my pc sapphire radeon hd 6670 1 gb ddr5 but its a pcie x 16 2.1 card and my mobo ( asus p5kpl am in ) only supports pcie x16 1.0 so i'm really worried that whether the card will work properly on my pc or not , i can handle a decrease in performance by 5% to 10 % but not more and will it bottleneck please help me out and i dont wanna overclock it .

my pc specs
intel core 2 duo e7500 @ 2.93 ghz
ram - 2gb
hdd = 320 gb
psu - corsair 450w

 

[mocchan]

All PCI-E slots are backwards compatible so you won't have to worry about compatibility issues.

As for performance, every new generation of PCI-E basically doubles the bandwidth. For example, PCI-E 1.0 16x would be the equivalent of PCI-E 2.0 8x. I don't think you'll see a very big drop in performance so I wouldn't worry

Also, PCI-E 2.1 has the same bandwidth capabilities as PCI-E 2.0.

 

[anurag punk]

@ mocchan is my pc good overall and if i have to upgrade i want a suggestion for upgrading mobo and processor will an amd processor work with my motherboard like athlon or phenom ?

 

[mocchan]

Your computer isn't the best by any stretch, but it'll get the job done. About upgrading your CPU to a Athlon or Phenom, it won't be possible since you're using an Intel motherboard.

 

[anurag punk]

I also asked about changing my motherboard can you suggest me a good phenom processor and mobo in the range of 200$

 

[mocchan]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157280

About $200 total for both of those

 

[anurag punk]

Thanks for your help .

 

[anurag punk]

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