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Nvidia 9800 GTX +, is it compatible?

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 8:22 pm
by rck shx pike
Motherboard: Asus P5VD2-VM SE
Intergrated Graphics
Intel Core 2 Duo E6550
2GB RAM

Is the Nvidia 9800 GTX+ compatible with my computer? I can't really tell. If not are there any other graphics cards that can do 1280x1024 resolution very well.

Re: Nvidia 9800 GTX +, is it compatible?

Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 11:50 pm
by BlackFox898
does that mobo have a PCI-E 2.0? and whats your PSU watt's

Re: Nvidia 9800 GTX +, is it compatible?

Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 1:03 am
by rck shx pike
The motherboard box says PCI Express x16 and PSU is 450W.

Re: Nvidia 9800 GTX +, is it compatible?

Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 1:36 am
by BlackFox898
hmm, well X16 and 2.0 are pretty much the same, should work, the specifications say it would need a 450w psu minimum so i think your in the clear. good luck!

Re: Nvidia 9800 GTX +, is it compatible?

Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 10:06 am
by rck shx pike
What would be the best resolution for the 9800 gtx+? I read somewhere that 22 inch would be the best resolution for it.

Re: Nvidia 9800 GTX +, is it compatible?

Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 4:55 pm
by Mousetrap
22 inch isn't a resolution.
On my 22 inch monitor, with my ATi 4870 video card (a little better than the 9800gtx+), I play silkroad at resolution 1280x1024.
It's more personal preference though, a higher or lower resolution may look better to you. I play battle field 2142 at 1600x1200.
450w power supply isn't very powerful - It will probably run that card.. but if you have the money you should go for 700+.

Re: Nvidia 9800 GTX +, is it compatible?

Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 6:21 pm
by BlackFox898
my 22" monitors native resolution is 1680x1050 (16:10), in the nVidia control panel there should be a section where it says your screen native res. and mousetrap, i think 700watt is a little too high, nice to have but better rails are more important then watts, srsly my friend run vista 64bit, 9600GSOx2 in SLI, 8gb ram, etc rich kid stuff >.> on a 650w. but yeah i guess you might wanna look into a better PSU.

Re: Nvidia 9800 GTX +, is it compatible?

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:54 am
by rck shx pike
Would a 550W or 600W power supply be good enough for the 9800 GTX+?

And I said 22" as resolution because I couldn't remember the native resolution of a 22" screen.

Re: Nvidia 9800 GTX +, is it compatible?

Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 8:54 pm
by BlackFox898
yeah, around 600W+ would be good i think.