ECS A939 mobo compatible graphics cards

[bayonet]

Morning all

Just had the above board and wondered if a Geforce 5500 was compatible with this? Number one son had bought this but need to know what cards might be compatible

[David F]

That motherboard is a pci express mobo, If the 5500 is pci e and not agp then yes if its an older card (Agp) then no

EDIT ok both versions are available. Can you give us model number of the card

An agp card will not fit into an installed mobo's pci-e slot ,so you are not gonna damage anything

[bayonet]

Thanks for the replies chaps

Not sure on the model but the card is AGP (was running at 4x on an ABIT KX-7 333) so looks like change mobo or new graphics card yes?

There was mention of the board being backwards compatible (can take AGP or PCI E) any ideas or information on that?

Can you recommend some cards for the board please?

[David F]

According to the site info theres no Agp anything http://www.ecsusa.com/products/nforce4-a939.html

whats the pc gonna be used for and whats the max spend on the card

You do realise your processor will not fit either,if you intend to use the one out of the k7 that is

[bayonet]

Yes have bought a new Athlon 64 CPU bit of both really gaming and web plus a bit of office work all rounder really

Probably a ton max on the price any recommendations on possible graphics cards

[David F]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/6600_GT.html second one down bit over the ton though

maybe one of these http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/X700_Series.html

[bayonet]

Ok thanks zinglebarb and others for the advice the first card on that 6600GT page the BFG is the make of card we have at the moment

Will check with number one son and see what his budget will stretch to

[bayonet]

Looks like this may be a possibility

http://www.cclonline.com/product-inf...ufacturer_id=0

Any comments gratefully received thanks

[David F]

That'll do nicely

[bayonet]

Yes got the same one on ebuyer for about £15 or £20 less