Purchased a graphics card but might of hit a snag

djjamieg · 29 Dec 2009

I've purchased Gigabyte GTS250 1GB PCI E 1024MB Graphics Card GTS 250

I didn't realise it's interface is a PCI-E 2.0

I only have PCI-E, will it work? And if it doesn't is there a way around it???

Regards

smarteyeball · 29 Dec 2009

As long as it's a PCI-E 1.0 slot, you will be fine. PCI-E 2.0 hardware is backwards compatible.

djjamieg · 29 Dec 2009

Cheers for that hopefully it will work, keep you updated

willhub · 29 Dec 2009

Won't the card run slightly slower than it could? As PCI-E 2.0 has extra bandwidth, so with PCI-E 1.0 bandwidth will be limited?

thefabe · 29 Dec 2009

welcome to seven forums wllhub: Please fillin your system specs so we can have a better idea f what MB you have thanks.

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myzr7 · 29 Dec 2009

I agree with Fabe, Let us see what motherboard you are plugging into so that we can help you research what your possibility's are with your graphics card purchase.

smarteyeball · 29 Dec 2009

willhub said:

Won't the card run slightly slower than it could? As PCI-E 2.0 has extra bandwidth, so with PCI-E 1.0 bandwidth will be limited?

Yes it will, but the important thing is that it will still work

djjamieg · 29 Dec 2009

I think you might have meant me to update my specs so I have anyway.

Thanks guys.

stormy13 · 29 Dec 2009

As the others have said it will be fine in a PCI-E 16x 1.0 slot. Of bigger concern is the power supply, that GTS 250 requires a lot more power than your old 7300 LE. What is the total wattage of your current power supply (make and model number would help a lot)?

djjamieg · 30 Dec 2009

It's 350w bit on the low side, I will upgrade it a 450W psu soon, but the card came today and is running fine, but if any one reads this please refer to my new thread in the graphics section.
Thanks