Replacing GPU only - looking for advice
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je_saist,
Posted on: 2011-05-21 10:19 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs
I get what you are asking, but it's the wrong question.
Yes, chipset vendors, specifically Nvidia, have been known to sabotage the performance of a competing vendors graphics processor.
Yes, chipset vendors including Nvidia, ATi, and Via have been known to optimize the performance of one of their graphics cards with one of their chipsets.
No, they don't really do that now.
For your specific case Nvidia never really had the freedom to "optimize" their Intel chipset to work best with one card or another.
To be perfectly blunt, there is no Best Geforce Card.
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Basically, what you need to do is ask the guy how much he wants to spend, go to Newegg.com, sort by price, then pick a card.
Thank you very, very much for the quick reply, je_saist!
The motherboard is, obviously, only a few years old. Still, to be on the safe side I didn't want to get a GPU too strong for it to handle.
Ended up picking out a GTX 480 and a new 750W PSU from Newegg.
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you'll run into a processor limitation long before you run into a motherboard limitation. In such cases, knowing what processor he is using is more useful. |
Originally Posted by Yydr
Thank you very, very much for the quick reply, je_saist!
The motherboard is, obviously, only a few years old. Still, to be on the safe side I didn't want to get a GPU too strong for it to handle. Ended up picking out a GTX 480 and a new 750W PSU from Newegg. |
E.G. if he's got a Pentium 4 on there, he's not going to see much difference between a GTS 440 and a GTX 480.
If he's got a Core 2 Duo @ 2.4ghz or better, he'll see a performance difference.
Ah! I was focusing on the wrong comp part. Surprise, surprise.
I believe it is a Core 2 Duo 2.66 ghz, so the new card can expect to be good to go.
Thank you again!
The motherboard has two PCI-E 2.0 x16 slots. The motherboard can therefore handle any PCI-E graphics card on the market.
There might be a slight advantage to an Nvidia card on this motherboard, and there definitely would be an advantage if two identical Nvidia cards were used, since the board has integrated SLI support.
Other than that, your questions should really be "How much can you afford to spend?" and "will the chosen graphics card actually fit inside the case?"
je_saist is correct that you'll run into a CPU bottleneck long before the motherboard becomes an issue.
Thank you for the re-confirmation, Starcloud!
Hello, Tech Forum players extraordinaire!
Can anyone please suggest what the best GeForce graphics card will work with a ASUS LGA 775 motherboard?
The second gaming comp at home went downhill this week, and the owner has his heart set on getting another GeForce GPU. Thankfully so far it looks like it just needs a new graphics card. FYI, the box has a 600 Watt PSU.
All help would be enormously appreciated! Thank you!!