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DukeIronHand

Video card question....

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Inspired by RAF_Louvert I have decided to replace my Nvidia 7950GT with a new card in anticipation of P4.

 

In fact the very card he choose (GTX 460) looks good and fits my price range at this time however I am not a video card whiz.

 

The Nvidia site list the bus for this card as PCI-E 2.0 x 16.

 

System info list my computer bus as PCI Express x 16.

 

Am I compatible? I think I am but wish to double check!

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Yes Duke, you should be compatible. However, the bottleneck will be the card port architecture. Think of it as trying to cram eight lanes of busy, freeway traffic onto a two-lane road.

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Excellent! Thank you and now off to shop.

 

While I am speaking to my northern brother hows your winter been going?

 

Mildest here that I think I have ever seen - not that I am complaining. I am not an ice fisher or into snowmobiles!

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Duke, in the 50+ years I have lived in Minnesota I've never seen a non-Winter like this one. 40 degrees and sunny all day today, and no snow on the ground at all.

 

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