I have a 512mb video card, does that mean when running games, instead of taking out of my 1gig ram, memory is drawn from the 512?
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I have a 512mb video card, does that mean when running games, instead of taking out of my 1gig ram, memory is drawn from the 512?
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Is there anyway to find out whether my video card is compatible/not compatible with my mobo?
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more video memory means that it wont use your ram as much to store testures and i have never heard of motherboard incompatability other than not having the right slot for the card you want
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansi...slot_standards
this is the best link i can find to explain the different types, mostly your gonna focus on AGP or PCI-E x16 or x1 for video, they do make PCI cards but will be slower when compared to the earlier two with PCI-E being the newest and fastest so pretty much if your card has the same slot as your mobo your good to go
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Gigabyte EP45-UD3P
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3gigs of PC-800 DDR2 @ PC-800
3 250GB WD SATAII HDDs
Nvidia GTS250
Razer AC-1 Sound card/Onboard sound
24' ASUS Monitor
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ok thanks
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pretty much, with newer cards on older boards you might not reach the full potential for bandwidth but its not a huge deal
Desktop:
Gigabyte EP45-UD3P
Xeon X3220 2.4 @ 3.0
3gigs of PC-800 DDR2 @ PC-800
3 250GB WD SATAII HDDs
Nvidia GTS250
Razer AC-1 Sound card/Onboard sound
24' ASUS Monitor
Laptop:
Macbook Pro 4,1, 2.4GHz
Phone:
iPhone 3G
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