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Graphics card
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Name: pukka
Date: January 27, 2007 at 12:54:10 Pacific
Subject: Graphics cardOS: XPCPU/Ram: AMDModel/Manufacturer: ! |
Comment: I have KT400a Motherboard (GA-7VA)...can any one tell me what type of graphics cards will work with this..any recommendations? tthanks
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Response Number 1
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Name: DocMemory
Date: January 27, 2007 at 13:16:44 Pacific
Subject: Graphics card |
Reply: (edit)Pukka According to the Gigabyte website there are two revisions of your board (1.x & 2.x). Regarding the graphics card it indicates that the rev. 1x boards accept: '1 x AGP slot (8x/4x, AGP 3.0 compliant), supports 1.5v display card only'
Whereas the rev 2.x boards accept: '1 x AGP slot (8x/4x, AGP 3.0 compliant)' (They don't have the voltage limitation.) You need to determine firstly which revision of the board you have. This is usually printed on the board somewhere (try the lower left corner). Others with more experience can help you with suitable cards for the board. What CPU and how much RAM do you have? "Two roads diverged ina wood, and I -- I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference."
R. Frost
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Response Number 3
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Name: pukka
Date: January 27, 2007 at 13:40:17 Pacific
Subject: Graphics card |
Reply: (edit)I have found the manual to the mothrboard....it says it only supports 1.5v cards AGP 4x/8x so its 1X board. my processor is 1.26Ghz AMD with 256mb of ram...i plan to take this up to 2gig of ram?!
power supply is 350w also another quick question!....are there any other processors my motherboard can support thanks for the help.
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Response Number 4
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Name: pukka
Date: January 27, 2007 at 13:45:38 Pacific
Subject: Graphics card |
Reply: (edit)oh no my mistake. theres a sticker on the board under the heat sink which say rev. then a sticker with 2.0 ?!?!?!
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Response Number 6
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Name: jam
Date: January 27, 2007 at 14:55:51 Pacific
Subject: Graphics card |
Reply: (edit)Don't sink too much money into that old setup. A decent CPU will cost you at least $75, 2GB RAM is gonna cost you $150-200, a decent video card will cost you another $100, & then there's the possibilty that you'll need to upgrade the power supply. Are you prepared to drop $300+ into this system? The Duron is NOT better than the Athlon. Don't buy a Duron! Your board doesn't support 400FSB CPUs, so stick with 333FSB CPUs. If you can pickup an AthlonXP Barton cheap, go for it...otherwise, consider a Sempron. Here's your CPU support list: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/... If you haven't updated your BIOS, that will be necessary to support the Sempron: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/... Here's a pretty good price ($68) for an AthlonXP 2500+ Barton: http://www.starmicro.net/detail.asp...
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Response Number 8
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Name: jam
Date: January 28, 2007 at 08:21:22 Pacific
Subject: Graphics card |
Reply: (edit)High performance AGP video cards MUST be connected to the power supply, so your 350W unit will have to be able to handle the added load, otherwise it will need to be upgraded along with everything else. Here's some rough numbers: AXP 2500+ = $75
heatsink/fan for above = $20
2GB (2 x 1GB) PC3200 = $175
256MB 8X AGP video card = $100 (at least)
500W PSU = $50 Total = $420 Are you willing to spend that kinda money on an old machine? Otherwise, keep the CPU you have, add another 512MB to the 256MB you already have, & get a cheap 8X AGP video card that doesn't require the PSU connection. You can get a Radeon 9600XT at Newegg.com for about $60 (shipped).
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