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    Can I install GDDR3 Graphics card on LGA 775 socket (it has a PCI Express slot)

    My friend's motherboard is: Gigabyte GA-P31-S3G

    Thank you.

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    Re: Can I install GDDR3 Graphics card on LGA 775 socket

    Not in the 775 socket no. If the card is PCI-E then you can install it in the PCI-E slot, yes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kalniel View Post
    Not in the 775 socket no. If the card is PCI-E then you can install it in the PCI-E slot, yes.
    lol. I'm sure you know what was meant, but I'm only complaining as I didn't say it first.

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    Re: Can I install GDDR3 Graphics card on LGA 775 socket

    Quote Originally Posted by diamondmines View Post
    Can I install GDDR3 Graphics card on LGA 775 socket (it has a PCI Express slot)

    My friend's motherboard is: Gigabyte GA-P31-S3G

    Thank you.
    You can install any PCI Express graphics card onto this motherboard, as long as your power supply can keep it fed.

    (This has nothing to do with the memory type on the graphics card or the CPU socket on the motherboard)

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    Re: Can I install GDDR3 Graphics card on LGA 775 socket

    And I guess the same goes for GDDR5 right? Specifically for POWERCOLOR HD7750 GDDR5 1GB 128Bit AMD Radeon DX11 Ekran Kartı on LGA 775

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    Re: Can I install GDDR3 Graphics card on LGA 775 socket

    I usually think of it as the ram on the GPU is there just for the GPU to use and the RAM in the mobo is just for the CPU to use, this might not be the most technically correct way to think about it, but it's simple and I like simple.

    The graphics card would benefit from faster RAM and a faster CPU but I don't think that your system would be seriously bottlenecked by using an older mobo with DDR2 RAM, especially with an HD7750, if you were thinking about going for a top end 7970 then I would suggested saving some money on a cheaper GPU and putting that towards a new mobo, CPU and RAM but I think the 7750 would be a good choice of card for the hardware you already have, if you can afford it, it might even be worth moving up to the 7770 or 7850 if you want to use it for gaming and your budget allows this.

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    Re: Can I install GDDR3 Graphics card on LGA 775 socket

    Thanks man. Thanks a lot.

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    Re: Can I install GDDR3 Graphics card on LGA 775 socket

    Wouldn't the card's newer PCI-e version be a potential issue? If I remember correctly PCIe 1.0/1.0a isn't fully compatible with 2.1 cards.

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    Re: Can I install GDDR3 Graphics card on LGA 775 socket

    Quote Originally Posted by Mama Sumae View Post
    Wouldn't the card's newer PCI-e version be a potential issue? If I remember correctly PCIe 1.0/1.0a isn't fully compatible with 2.1 cards.
    No, it should be fully compatible.

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    Re: Can I install GDDR3 Graphics card on LGA 775 socket

    PCI-e 3.0 cards are fully backwards compatible with PCI-e 2.0 slots. And vica versa for 2.0 cards in 3.0 slots.

    However, I have seen some issues arise with BIOS issues, or PCI-e 2.0 cards not working well in 3.0 slots unless it was set to Gen 2.
    As with all new technologies there are growing pains and will be small issues, but for the most part any 3.0 card should work in any 2.0 slot and vica versa.

    Of course then you also run into the possibilities of a CPU bottleneck, as can often be the case when mixing older 775 socket CPUs and higher performance 500/600 series GPUs, where the CPU can hold back the GPU from performing to its fullest potential or you get abysmal FPS for what you should be getting with the GPU.
    I don't know about the AMD side of things but on the Nvidia side, in my experience anything much higher performance than a 560Ti/660Ti will usually experience mild to severe bottlenecks on most 775 cpus.

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    Re: Can I install GDDR3 Graphics card on LGA 775 socket

    Quote Originally Posted by Shroom View Post
    PCI-e 3.0 cards are fully backwards compatible with PCI-e 2.0 slots. And vica versa for 2.0 cards in 3.0 slots.

    However, I have seen some issues arise with BIOS issues, or PCI-e 2.0 cards not working well in 3.0 slots unless it was set to Gen 2.
    As with all new technologies there are growing pains and will be small issues, but for the most part any 3.0 card should work in any 2.0 slot and vica versa.

    Of course then you also run into the possibilities of a CPU bottleneck, as can often be the case when mixing older 775 socket CPUs and higher performance 500/600 series GPUs, where the CPU can hold back the GPU from performing to its fullest potential or you get abysmal FPS for what you should be getting with the GPU.
    I don't know about the AMD side of things but on the Nvidia side, in my experience anything much higher performance than a 560Ti/660Ti will usually experience mild to severe bottlenecks on most 775 cpus.
    In terms of price point the 7750 is about the same price as an nVidia based 640 card, in terms of performance I think the 7750 is very similar to the 650 series cards and might even beat it in some games. The 7850 would then be bottlenecked by the CPU so it wouldn't be performing at it's best, but would still be performing better than a 7750 or 7770, and would be available for you if you decide to upgrade your mobo, CPU and ram at a later date. The 7850 does, however, costs more than twice as much as a 7750 while a 7770 is only marginally more, a 7750 is about £70 and 7770 is about £85.

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