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Help me decide on a new graphic card!?
I decided to get a NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT since my previous graphic card was fried (or imcompatible, I'm not sure). It was a ASUS EAH4650. How can I tell if this graphic card can work for my ASUS P6T motherboard without trying it out after buying it? I've already wasted some money on the previous one, and I don't want this to happen again. The ASUS motherboard has 2 PCI-Express 2.0 x16 slots, and 1 PCI-Express 2.0 x4 slot. If this card doesn't work, do you have any suggestions?
Also, please answer these questions if you'd like to:
1. Why did my previous card fry? Is it even fried, or is it just incompatible? It worked for the first few minutes. It was pulling power directly from the slot, no supplementary power supply. Is that the problem?
2. What is the difference between a DDR2 memory or a DDR3 memory on the graphic card? Does it make a difference with compatibility?
I do some minor video editing, but I'm not interested hardcore gaming. Nor am I interested in 3D or SLI.
Any suggestions? I would like one that is $60 - $80. That's my budget...
3 Answers
- 1 decade ago
I'm not entirely sure why your card fried, but I'd think about RMA'ing the card. If it worked then failed quickly, I think it's pretty unlikely to be a a problem with your motherboard. Maybe it was just a bad card? Either way, ASUS is a great company and they will more then likely walk you through any problems seeing as they are your Mobo and GFX card maker.
DDR3 is faster then DDR2, there is no difference in compatibility on the card however.
More information about this would be nice... are you sure you had it in the right slot, what happened when it went out, how long did it work for, has it never worked again, and so on. But, calling Asus is a way better idea.
- ?Lv 44 years ago
MY buddy those days offered COD5 and the Nvidia Geforce 9800 and he runs on good settings completely. looking on how a lot RAM you've you ever ought to judge which card to get factoring the quantity of RAM with the cardboard.
