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I am going to try out what Solarstarshines picked out for me.That motherboard has:-Yep, it's exactly the one I have, its not very good for gaming though.what motherboard have you got. and what specific hd5670 are you after. pci-e 2.1 cards can fit into pci-e 2.0 slots (not sure if it'll work in pci-e 1 however).
is this your setup?
Acer Aspire AM3400-E2212 AMD Athlon II X4 635 4GB 1TB DVDRW Windows 7 Home Premium Desktop - Acer - PT.SE002.001
- PCI Express® 2.0 x16 slot - This is the socket you'll need.
- Two PCI Express® 2.0 x1 slots - not sure about this
- PCI™ v2.3 (5 V) slot - or this one
But the PCI-E 2.0 x16 slot is the one you'll use for a new graphics card.
PLEASE NOTE: if there is a chance that the link i posted above is wrong then ignore what i have s
It looks like most hd 5670 cards are either pci-e 2.0 or 2.1. 2.1 cards will fit and work in a 2.0 socket but it'll downgrade to a 2.0 card. Please could you post a link to your choice of 5670