what type of graphics card

[Des]

Hi I have not upgraded my PC for over 5 years. Terrible I know. I also
have relied on the on board graphics supported by the half size main
boards. I still have a
asus m2v mx motherboard with a PCI Express x 16

My problem is I want to buy a card to plug in. I don't know if PCI
Express x 16 is still the latest as I have seen graphics cards with
PCI Express 2.0
Some cards state DDR3 or 5. I take it that is on the card and I do not
need a DDR3 PC.

I have been looking at some cards that are resonably cheep. I don't
play games on my PC but do watch some TV using BBC I Player and Itv
player in the UK

Are any of these suitable. What should I be looking for mainly wwhat
would not plug into my old mother board.

Palit Graphics Card 512MB GeForce 8400GS super DDR3 LP with bracket 32
bit
PCI Express

VTX3D ATI Radeon HD 1GB 5450 DDR3 PCI-E 2.0 VGA HDMI DVI-I w/LP
Graphics Card Retail
PCI Express 2.0

Thanks

Desmond.

PS. I need to change my email address but can't find a link to it.

 

[Flasherly]

Hi I have not upgraded my PC for over 5 years. Terrible I know. I also
have relied on the on board graphics supported by the half size main
boards. I still have a
asus m2v mx motherboard with a PCI Express x 16

My problem is I want to buy a card to plug in. I don't know if PCI
Express x 16 is still the latest as I have seen graphics cards with
PCI Express 2.0
Some cards state DDR3 or 5. I take it that is on the card and I do not
need a DDR3 PC.

I thought it was 2.1 that's the latest and greatest, although what I'm
seeing is plenty of still-expensive boards with 2.0 implemented.
Seems it was half-&-half split over cards actually at 2.1 (over all
cards sold at PCIE compliance). DDR5, however, is hot-to-trot stuff
from what I saw of a $29US board with a rebate (just didn't like the
way the company was running their rebate on stipulations). Most other
DDR5 vidboards were by far priced over that. Not a gamer, either, but
that would be a nice to know, if at $29, where the bottlenecks are.
Video "streaming" renditions is pretty much perfunctory on a newer
system -- what I'm picking up, some even saying an Intel ATOM all-in-
one combo MB will serve for a cheap dualcore, fanless shoebox will
handle HD video. I've also got that option with onboard NVIDA and an
empty PCIE. Without gamers, I imagine, there wouldn't be much market
for $500 vidboards to run, optionally, in a Cross-Fire simulation.

 

[Des]

I thought it was 2.1 that's the latest and greatest, although what I'm
seeing is plenty of still-expensive boards with 2.0 implemented.
Seems it was half-&-half split over cards actually at 2.1 (over all
cards sold at PCIE compliance). DDR5, however, is hot-to-trot stuff
from what I saw of a $29US board with a rebate (just didn't like the
way the company was running their rebate on stipulations).  Most other
DDR5 vidboards were by far priced over that.  Not a gamer, either, but
that would be a nice to know, if at $29, where the bottlenecks are.
Video "streaming" renditions is pretty much perfunctory on a newer
system -- what I'm picking up, some even saying an Intel ATOM all-in-
one combo MB will serve for a cheap dualcore, fanless shoebox will
handle HD video.  I've also got that option with onboard NVIDA and an
empty PCIE.  Without gamers, I imagine, there wouldn't be much market
for $500 vidboards to run, optionally, in a Cross-Fire simulation.

Yes but that is not what I asked. What I wanted to know is what type
of graphics card will work in my old motherboard. Are you saying every
graphics card ever made that is of a PCI express type will definitely
plug into my old mother board. Even the very latest of technology? I
said that I don’t play games on my PC but I do watch some TV using
BBC I Player and Itv player in the UK I don’t know if 2.0, 2.1 or 3.0
or whatever will work.
I also live in the UK so $$ don't mean much. I do assume that
Americans can watch streaming video on their PCs. This is why I am
asking.

 

[Paul]

Hi I have not upgraded my PC for over 5 years. Terrible I know. I also
have relied on the on board graphics supported by the half size main
boards. I still have a
asus m2v mx motherboard with a PCI Express x 16

My problem is I want to buy a card to plug in. I don't know if PCI
Express x 16 is still the latest as I have seen graphics cards with
PCI Express 2.0
Some cards state DDR3 or 5. I take it that is on the card and I do not
need a DDR3 PC.

I have been looking at some cards that are resonably cheep. I don't
play games on my PC but do watch some TV using BBC I Player and Itv
player in the UK

Are any of these suitable. What should I be looking for mainly wwhat
would not plug into my old mother board.

Palit Graphics Card 512MB GeForce 8400GS super DDR3 LP with bracket 32
bit
PCI Express

VTX3D ATI Radeon HD 1GB 5450 DDR3 PCI-E 2.0 VGA HDMI DVI-I w/LP
Graphics Card Retail
PCI Express 2.0

Thanks

Desmond.

PS. I need to change my email address but can't find a link to it.

The memory is local to the graphics chip (GPU) on the card.

The difference between memory types, can be in the memory bandwidth.
Sometimes the GDDR5 clocks higher. Compare memclk details here.

http://www.gpureview.com/videocards.php

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For the most part, I'd say it's "Plug and Play". There have been
issues, mixing older motherboards with newer cards, but I don't
have easy to access info on what doesn't work with what. You may
want to start with the Asus VIP forum for your motherboard, and
see if anyone is having problems there.

(Look for graphics card problems here...)

http://vip.asus.com/forum/topic.asp...=1&model=M2V-MX&page_size=100&page=1&count=88

Example article.

http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx...oard_id=1&model=M2V-MX&page=1&SLanguage=en-us

According to this, K8M890 is PCI Express 1.0a

http://www.pcisig.com/developers/compliance_program/integrators_list/pcie

http://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=142522.msg1063740

"The only chipsets that have troubles with PCIe 2.0 are the old
VIA and SIS chipsets which incorporate PCIe 1.x"

So I guess that's a warning of sorts, to do more research before buying.
(To see whether that statement is true or not.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8800GT#8800_GT

See "Compatibility issue with PCI-E 1.0a"

The thing is, I don't know if that's the only problem or not (the "8800GT problem").
If it was just the negotiation was broken, then that should have been
fixed by now, on newer cards.

Paul