Will my video card be compatible with my motherboard?

I am ordering a ASUS M4A87TD EVO AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard and was wondering if it is compatible with a XFX HD-685X-ZNDC Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity. If it is not leave another suggestion below please...|||As long as you buy a motherboard with at least one PCI Express slot, it'll be compatible.



Any desktop motherboard made in the past 6 or 7 years will have a PCI express slot. If you want to fully utilize your graphics card you'll want a PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot. Any motherboard made in the past three years will have a PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot.



So any modern motherboard is 100% compatible with that video card (and any video card available today).



So, to answer your question. Yes. That motherboard is 100% compatible with that video card.



There are much more important question you should ask... can your power supply handle the video card? Also, is your case big enough to physically accommodate your video card?



Make sure you have a power supply capable of outputting 450 watts (minimum of 400 watts). Also make sure it has the proper PCI Express power cable as well. In this case, you need a power supply with a 6-pin PCI Express power connector.



In summary:

* Yes, that motherboard is compatible with that video card.

* Make sure your power supply outputs a minimum of 400 watts. I'd go with at least 500 watts, just to give some head room. IF you power supply outputs less than 400 watts, buy a new one. Not having enough power for your video card can destroy your video card over time.

* Make sure your power supply has at least one 6-pin PCI Express power connector. If not you'll need a 4-pin molex to 6-pin PCI Express adapter, which should come with the card.

* Make sure your case is deep enough for the card. Since you're ordering an ATX sized motherboard, I'm assuming you have an ATX sized case. So, you need not worry about the card fitting.|||every newer video card out today is compatible with pci-e2.0 x16 and everything is backwards compatible with that expect AGP|||It'll work fine.

Will any PCI Express motherboard fit any PCI Express video card?

My video card right now is a Geforce 7800 GTX 256mb. I paid like 600 bucks for it brand new when it first came out but it is like 5 years old now any seriously showing its age. So I am looking for a replacement for it and I see that now they have PCI Express x16 which is what my card is, but now they have PCI Express 2.0 and 2.1 x16. Will a PCI Express 2.0 and 2.1 card work in my mobo or is it a different architecture? Also is there any chance of finding a card that is Direct X 11 for 100 bucks or less that will be somewhat decent for World of Warcraft? The main problem with my card now is there are some new graphic effects they added for Cataclysm and my card can't run them because it doesn;t have DX11. Any help on this would be great and please do not reply if you are not knowlegable in PCs.|||PCI Express cards are backward (and forward) compatible so you can put any card in any PCIe x16 slot. Assuming you have the power supply to match and room for the card, of course. A v2.x card in a v2.x slot does perform better than a 1.x slot, but it will work.



DirectX 11 requires Windows 7 and a new generation video card - Radeon HD 5000+ or GeForce 400+ series. Your best bet for a DirectX 7 compatible card for WoW playing < $100 is the Radeon HD 5670. That will give smooth WoW play and handle the more demanding games at medium settings.|||It's all backward compatible. If you have a 16x slot, you can put any 16x card in it regardless of revision.



If you can squeeze a few more bucks into that budget, try to find a Radeon 5750 or even a 5770. Those will be your best bet in that price range.|||x16 cards work in x16 slots, should be just fine regardless of 2.0 or 2.1

How do check if my computer can run a PCI Express 2.0 x16 video card?

It's a Dell Inspiron 530 that I've had for a few years and I never upgraded the video card. By right clicking my computer and clicking properties I see some of my specs



Intel Core 2 Duo

E6550 @ 2.33GHz

3 GB of Ram



How can I check if I have a PCI Express 2,0 x16 slot?|||It has one PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot and one x1.|||for 80-150$, your chocies are ATi HD 5670 , HD 5750, and HD 5770.



more powerful cards are available for that budget, but your PSU is quite weak for them...|||GPU buyers guide

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Utjw77kHk…



Laptop buyers guide

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5QdtEy-q…



Power supply Guide ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG6uw0QFE…



Builds guide ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DSWuQoGZ…



Ibuyerpower builds guide...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEgQqjHZA…



European builds Guide...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6GmC-q6m…



Aussie Builds Guide ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpP4YviuL…|||open case then look inside....



or download aida32 then open this software(must disable antivirus)...

look the motherboard details..



find the model of mobo..

then look in net by searching the model no.................|||You go to Dell's website and go to the support section. You look up the product specifications for your computer. That should get you to here: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/sy… which tells you that your computer has a PCI Express 1.0A x16 slot. Since PCI Express 2 is backwards compatible, that means you can use a PCI Express 2.0 video card. While you're here, you can also look at the power supply- your computer has a 300W power supply, which isn't much. Certainly not enough to get a mid-range or high-end graphics card (you can get a much better one than you do have though).

Video card-pci express x16-what is the best video card I can get in the?

$130 to $175 dollar range from Newegg.com. I prefer Newegg as it is the best overall store I have found. My pc specs are quad phenom amd,4 gigs 1066 ddr2 system ram, present video card is 9800gt. Also prefer high memory clock speed and 256 bit. Any input is appreciated.|||The best card around your target price is the Radeon HD 6850... Unfortunately it's about $5 over your budget limit.



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…



The next-best card is probably the 768mb GeForce GTX 460, which is fine as long as you're playing at resolutions of 1920x1080 or lower. Even though it's a 192-bit card, it's still superior to 256-bit older designs such as the GTX 260 and radeon 4870. The 256-bit GTX 460 cards (1gb models) cost around $200 so they're out of your price range.



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…



Update: This 1gb model from EVGA is on sale, but it's underclocked at 650Mhz... still, I'd take that over the 768mb version.



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…



The other potential issue is the power requirement. Cards of this level require two dedicated PCI-E power connectors from a 500W or higher psu, compared to lower-end cards like the GTS 450 and Radeon 5770 which only require a single power connector and 450W.

Whats a good, but a cheap, pci express x16 video card?

I need something cheap, the cheaper the better. Right now my system has on board video, nvidia Geforce 6150 LE.



I think my video would be much faster and of better quality if I went with a pci express video card and used the dvi on my lcd monitor.|||You said you want something cheap but if you're gonna buy a card, you should have an approximate budget.

Here are some really good cards that are well worth the money. Just choose one that you like. Note that these are based on average online prices.





Best PCI-E Card For Under $100

GeForce 7300 GT DDR2



Best PCI-E Card For ~$115

GeForce 8600 GT



Best PCI-E Card For ~$140: Tie

GeForce 7900 GS

Radeon X1950 PRO



Best PCI-E Card For ~$200

Radeon X1950 XT



Best PCI-E Card For ~$280

GeForce 8800 GTS (320MB version)



Best PCI-E Card For ~$380: Tie

GeForce 8800 GTS (640MB version)

Radeon HD X2900 XT|||I would grab the 7600gt. It's about $75-85 right now. The 8k series are expensive. You won't be able to notice any huge difference with dvi or any at all.|||NVidia 7300 is quite passable whilst still fairly cheap.|||The cheapest will be GeForce 8500.

The better and cost slightly more than 8500 will be 8600.



I will suggest you go for 8600.|||Nvidia 8800GTX|||Your question is like a paradox. You didn't mention how much is cheap to you. Different pay grades means different perception of what's cheap. Maybe you can buy something really good that you can comfortably afford but is also too expensive to others.|||Geforce 8600GT|||i dont know

Will a PCI chipset in a Mobo work with a PCI Express x16 Video Card Chipset?

I am planning on building a computer and I am currently shopping for the parts. I am building the computer around an "Intel BOXD945GCPE LGA 775 Intel 945GC Micro ATX Intel Motherboard" and I'm curious about the type of video card to get for it because this motherboard does not have PCI x16 Expansion slots. So I'm wondering if a "POWERCOLOR AX4350 256MD2-S Radeon HD 4350 256MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card" will work with it because the chipset on it is a "PCI Express 2.0 x16"|||PCI Express is an expansion bridge for computers that specifies a new means of data transmission and new physical configurations for expansion slots. The PCI Express bridge is completely different than the older PCI bridge. Because the BOXD945GCPE does not have the PCI Express x16 expansion slot on the motherboard, the HD 4350 will not work with it. In fact, the card won't even fit into any of the PCI slots. The physical characteristics of each slot are different. I wish I had better news about this motherboard.

I do have better news in general. Intel makes virtually the exact same motherboard with a PCI Express x16 1.0 slot. The model number is Intel BOXDG31PR LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard* and it only costs about $5.00USD more than the model you list.

Good luck.

1GB 128-bit DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 video broken?

I just got this pci video card

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121347R&nm_mc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel&cm_mmc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel-_-Content-_-text-_-



When I put it on my pc it works fine but when I start a game (FFXI) it shows whire dots and lines onit but not on the destop only on the game, is it broken? how can it be fixed? maybe a reflow on the video chip will fix it?

Thank you for those who helped :)|||Does it happen in every game or just that one?

Have you got your colour depth set correctly in the game and in windows?

Is anti-aliasing turned on or off in the game?

Also try installing the latest drivers for the card and see if theres any updates for the game.|||Try googling, and downloading burn in test. Once you have done that, start it up and use the configuration panel to set it to run a 3d graphics test only. If the graphics on that show up the same way, you should probably uninstall, and reinstall the drivers... If that does not fix it, yeah, you might have an issue with the chip, but because it works fine otherwise, I doubt a re-flow would help very much. You would probably be best off exchanging it.



Oh... if you don't want to do the burn in test route, you could just try a different program that requires 3D rendering.