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Will a Graphics Card work properly with a Stock Motherboard?

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June 19, 2013 6:24:51 PM

So, if I got a Gaming Card, and a 300-500Watt PSU, will the Card work, on a Stock Board, that doesn't support overclocking?(not that I plan to Overclock anything) I know it's a dumb question, but I'm new to this stuff. I just wanna be sure the Board will allow Maximum Power flow, so the Graphics Card will work perfectly.


My Pc Specs are:
OS: Windows 7 - Home Premium 64-Bit
Processor: Intel Celeron e3400 Dual-Core CPU @2.6Ghz
Graphics: Onboard Intel GMA X4500 Integrated Chip(Crap)
PSU: 250Watt Stock(Unsure of the name)
Motherboard: G41T-AD V 1.0
Ram: 2Gb DDR3

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June 19, 2013 6:58:25 PM

Intel G41 is a chipset, not an actual motherboard. So we can't determine whether or not it will work. We also need your graphics card information. Graphics cards work with motherboard that have the PCI slot they need.

You should also get a 500 watt PSU as it will be better than 250,300, etc. Also, looking at your specs, your GPU would probably be bottlenecked from your CPU.
June 19, 2013 7:42:53 PM

Inficard said:
Intel G41 is a chipset, not an actual motherboard. So we can't determine whether or not it will work. We also need your graphics card information. Graphics cards work with motherboard that have the PCI slot they need.

You should also get a 500 watt PSU as it will be better than 250,300, etc. Also, looking at your specs, your GPU would probably be bottlenecked from your CPU.


The Motherboard is the EL1850G-42W, last I checked. And the GPU is a crappy on board chip. Idk what card I am getting yet. Oh and the card slot is PCI-E. I recently removed the crappy card I had: MSI Radeon HD 6450 1GB DDR3. And this may be off topic, but could you/anyone else suggest the cheapest card I could buy, that will play Crysis 2 or Battlefield 3 at Max Settings? Sorry.
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June 19, 2013 8:51:07 PM

I can't find the specifications of the motherboard, it only says that it is a Intel G41 chipset. Since you said it was holding a Radeon HD 6450 which requires a 2.1 PCI express x16 slot, I don't know what version your PCI express x16 slot is. It could either be a PCI Express 2.1 or higher.

To sum it, try to find out what version your PCI slot is. Try Installing this: http://www.aida64.com/downloads . It will tell your computer information. P.S: It's a false positive virus from norton, if you don't trust it google it. Report back to me after.
June 19, 2013 10:06:21 PM

Inficard said:
I can't find the specifications of the motherboard, it only says that it is a Intel G41 chipset. Since you said it was holding a Radeon HD 6450 which requires a 2.1 PCI express x16 slot, I don't know what version your PCI express x16 slot is. It could either be a PCI Express 2.1 or higher.

To sum it, try to find out what version your PCI slot is. Try Installing this: http://www.aida64.com/downloads . It will tell your computer information. P.S: It's a false positive virus from norton, if you don't trust it google it. Report back to me after.


I decided to open the case, and saw the Motherboard Model and Google'd it. Here are the results.

CPU Support Socket LGA775, Intel Core 2 Duo Dual-Core, Pentium Dual-core, Celeron.

FSB: 1333/1066/800 MHz

Chipset: North Bridge – Intel G41
South Bridge – ICH7

Integrated Graphics: Intel GMA X4500

Memory: 2 * 240-pin DDR3 DIMM slots Supports Dual Channel DDR3 1333/1066 MHz non-ECC, un-buffered memory (Max 4GB)

Expansion Slots: 1 * PCI Express x16 (2.0)
1 * PCI Express x1

Storage 2 * SATAII 3Gb/s connectors
Supports HDDs, Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Audio Realtek ALC662 – High Definition

Ethernet Realtek Gigabit – 10/100/1000Mb/s

USB Total 8

Rear Panel: 1 * VGA Port
2 * USB 2.0 ports
1 * RJ45 LAN Port
1 * PS/2 green color for mouse
1 * PS/2 purple color for keyboard
1 * Audio I/O – Line-in/out, Microphone

Internal: 2 * USB headers
1 * 4-pin CPU Fan connector
1 * 3-pin Rear Fan connector
1 * 4-pin ATX 12V Power connector
1 * 24-pin ATX Power connector
1 * Clear CMOS jumper
1 * Front Audio header
1 * Front Panel header

BIOS: It didn't say, but the program You suggested said BIOS Type AMI(American Megatrends Inc.) Type P01-A4 and is 2 years old.

Form Factor: Micro-ATX

June 20, 2013 12:15:29 AM

Stanran said:
Inficard said:
I can't find the specifications of the motherboard, it only says that it is a Intel G41 chipset. Since you said it was holding a Radeon HD 6450 which requires a 2.1 PCI express x16 slot, I don't know what version your PCI express x16 slot is. It could either be a PCI Express 2.1 or higher.

To sum it, try to find out what version your PCI slot is. Try Installing this: http://www.aida64.com/downloads . It will tell your computer information. P.S: It's a false positive virus from norton, if you don't trust it google it. Report back to me after.


I decided to open the case, and saw the Motherboard Model and Google'd it. Here are the results.

CPU Support Socket LGA775, Intel Core 2 Duo Dual-Core, Pentium Dual-core, Celeron.

FSB: 1333/1066/800 MHz

Chipset: North Bridge – Intel G41
South Bridge – ICH7

Integrated Graphics: Intel GMA X4500

Memory: 2 * 240-pin DDR3 DIMM slots Supports Dual Channel DDR3 1333/1066 MHz non-ECC, un-buffered memory (Max 4GB)

Expansion Slots: 1 * PCI Express x16 (2.0)
1 * PCI Express x1

Storage 2 * SATAII 3Gb/s connectors
Supports HDDs, Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Audio Realtek ALC662 – High Definition

Ethernet Realtek Gigabit – 10/100/1000Mb/s

USB Total 8

Rear Panel: 1 * VGA Port
2 * USB 2.0 ports
1 * RJ45 LAN Port
1 * PS/2 green color for mouse
1 * PS/2 purple color for keyboard
1 * Audio I/O – Line-in/out, Microphone

Internal: 2 * USB headers
1 * 4-pin CPU Fan connector
1 * 3-pin Rear Fan connector
1 * 4-pin ATX 12V Power connector
1 * 24-pin ATX Power connector
1 * Clear CMOS jumper
1 * Front Audio header
1 * Front Panel header

BIOS: It didn't say, but the program You suggested said BIOS Type AMI(American Megatrends Inc.) Type P01-A4 and is 2 years old.

Form Factor: Micro-ATX



So yea, graphics card should work because PCI Express slots are backwards compatible. The only problem, as I said before, the CPU will bottleneck the GPU. BUT, sadly since your mother board is socket LGA775 it can't "fit" any good CPUs so you might want to upgrade your motherboard too. There are CPUs that can fit into LGA775 sockets but they will bottleneck and aren't fairly good.

To sum it all up, you should get a new motherboard, PSU, CPU, and you said you were going to get a GPU.

You don't have to listen to me when I tell you that you should buy a new CPU. But you REALLY should buy a new PSU as a 500 minimum PSU is required for good graphics cards.
June 20, 2013 12:31:20 AM

Inficard said:
Stanran said:
Inficard said:
I can't find the specifications of the motherboard, it only says that it is a Intel G41 chipset. Since you said it was holding a Radeon HD 6450 which requires a 2.1 PCI express x16 slot, I don't know what version your PCI express x16 slot is. It could either be a PCI Express 2.1 or higher.

To sum it, try to find out what version your PCI slot is. Try Installing this: http://www.aida64.com/downloads . It will tell your computer information. P.S: It's a false positive virus from norton, if you don't trust it google it. Report back to me after.


I decided to open the case, and saw the Motherboard Model and Google'd it. Here are the results.

CPU Support Socket LGA775, Intel Core 2 Duo Dual-Core, Pentium Dual-core, Celeron.

FSB: 1333/1066/800 MHz

Chipset: North Bridge – Intel G41
South Bridge – ICH7

Integrated Graphics: Intel GMA X4500

Memory: 2 * 240-pin DDR3 DIMM slots Supports Dual Channel DDR3 1333/1066 MHz non-ECC, un-buffered memory (Max 4GB)

Expansion Slots: 1 * PCI Express x16 (2.0)
1 * PCI Express x1

Storage 2 * SATAII 3Gb/s connectors
Supports HDDs, Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

Audio Realtek ALC662 – High Definition

Ethernet Realtek Gigabit – 10/100/1000Mb/s

USB Total 8

Rear Panel: 1 * VGA Port
2 * USB 2.0 ports
1 * RJ45 LAN Port
1 * PS/2 green color for mouse
1 * PS/2 purple color for keyboard
1 * Audio I/O – Line-in/out, Microphone

Internal: 2 * USB headers
1 * 4-pin CPU Fan connector
1 * 3-pin Rear Fan connector
1 * 4-pin ATX 12V Power connector
1 * 24-pin ATX Power connector
1 * Clear CMOS jumper
1 * Front Audio header
1 * Front Panel header

BIOS: It didn't say, but the program You suggested said BIOS Type AMI(American Megatrends Inc.) Type P01-A4 and is 2 years old.

Form Factor: Micro-ATX



So yea, graphics card should work because PCI Express slots are backwards compatible. The only problem, as I said before, the CPU will bottleneck the GPU. BUT, sadly since your mother board is socket LGA775 it can't "fit" any good CPUs so you might want to upgrade your motherboard too. There are CPUs that can fit into LGA775 sockets but they will bottleneck and aren't fairly good.

To sum it all up, you should get a new motherboard, PSU, CPU, and you said you were going to get a GPU.

You don't have to listen to me when I tell you that you should buy a new CPU. But you REALLY should buy a new PSU as a 500 minimum PSU is required for good graphics cards.


I know I don't, lol, but I appreciate the help. My plan was to stick with my current CPU for now, because it's actually handled a few of the things I've thrown at it, pretty well. I wanna get either the HD 6950 or GTX 550 Ti, which, from what I've seen, don't bottleneck, in an extreme way, with my current CPU. And also a 500Watt PSU, like You suggested, and that's it, because I'm not a Graphics whore, so once I can at least get 60FPS, at Medium-High settings, I'm good. I don't care about Ultra Settings. So New Motherboard & CPU will come later.

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June 20, 2013 12:58:23 AM

no, a2.0 pci-e gen. slot shall work fine with any card.the diff. between pcie 2.0 and 3.0 is that the 3.0 is 0-3% better and the 2.0 or3.0 does not determine the compability,the x16 lane is important,get a hd6670 and a 450w psu(you dont need that much but just to be future-proofed) and to be frank dude ur ancient cpu will bottleneck any gpu,so go with a gt630
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June 20, 2013 12:58:30 AM

no, a2.0 pci-e gen. slot shall work fine with any card.the diff. between pcie 2.0 and 3.0 is that the 3.0 is 0-3% better and the 2.0 or3.0 does not determine the compability,the x16 lane is important,get a hd6670 and a 450w psu(you dont need that much but just to be future-proofed) and to be frank dude ur ancient cpu will bottleneck any gpu,so go with a gt630 or hd6450
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