Looking for a graphics card again.

[Snowman]

Okay guys here is what I am looking for:

I need an ati pci express 16x thats not a 2.0. Pain in the bum is that newegg, tiger, and zipzoomfly don't have any from a reliable or known chipset manufacturer that isnt a thousand dollar workstation card. I am on a fairly tight budget but would consider anything reasonable. Last time you guys came through with an agp for my briefcase mod so I am hoping you guys can come through again.

[NightrainSrt4]

Any particular reason for a 1.x over 2.0?

[Snowman]

The board doesn't do 2.0

[Luke122]

Any particular card you are interested in?

*EDIT*
Allegedly, all 2.0 cards are backwards compatible to 1.0 slots, except for a few older mobos, with SIS chipsets.

Helpful?

[Snowman]

Asus M2A-VM AM2 AMD 690G Chipset Micro ATX

[Luke122]

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080403143935AAWYkTY

Here's your answer.

In a nutshell, "Yes, you can use a 2.0 card, but only if the power requirements dont exceed the 1.0 standard, even though your mobo is 1.1a compliant."

[nevermind1534]

All my PCIe 2.0 cards work in my PCIe 1.0 mobos. very few motherboards have PCIe 2.0 still, but pretty much 2.0 card is compatible with a motherboard that only has PCIe 1 support.

[Airbozo]

What level of card do you need? Something powerful or just to have a monitor or 2?

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21964

[Snowman]

I am looking for an ati card is my only prerequisite, although i am extremely interested in one of those low profiles for a friend i will have to check with them. My only problem is I get a bog down in the onboard with some newer games. Lets face onboard graphics really arent meant to run games anymore. I don't have high speed right now so I do not run many games at all on here. I am just mainly looking to upgrade the card before I take the next step and get a bigger am2 processor and more ram.

[crenn]

Pick any low powered ATi card, you won't have a problem with the fact it's PCI-E 2.0. The cards can run at PCI-E 1.0

[imgregrice]

I have http://ati.amd.com/products/Radeonx1900/specs.html
if your interested...

[Kayin]

I have a pair of HD3850s, if you are interested, as well.

[Snowman]

Well now I feel like a dumbie I havent messed with pci express much and now that i look at stuff it only makes since that they are backward compatible.. sorry for asking a stupid question now..

[Kayin]

You're not dumb. I receive the IEEE journals so I know what's going on. That's some heady stuff.

[Snowman]

I am interested in either of the cards really, what kind of a price are you guys looking at?

[LiTHiUM0XiD3]

my AX3850 (2.0) works fine on a ECS board (1.0) so im sure as hell a asus board could do it..

[AFracturedHand]

I have an EVGA GTS 250 1 gb model that I've been using for roughly 2 months Ill be replacing soon. PM me for pics if youre interested.