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What VGA card is compatible with GIGABYTE 8 GA-8AENXP-D?

May 11, 2005 2:16AM PDT

My mother board is GIGABYTE 8 GA-8AENXP-D. It supports for 16X PCI Express card. I don't know what kind of VGA card is compatible with my mother board. Please tell me some brands.
Thank you

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Brands?
May 11, 2005 6:48AM PDT

Well ATI and Nvidia, you name it as your mobo supports PCI-Express x16. Assume you also have the 925XE Express Chipset. The best are Nvidia 6800 Ultra PCIe, and the ATI 850 if you have the $$$. Visit Tom's Hardware for what they can do
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041222/index.html

and Newegg.com for going prices.

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Thank You John Robie
May 16, 2005 12:58AM PDT

Thank you for your help.
I had replaced a new PCIe 128Mb DDR3 Graphic Card. Now,My Computer works well. I'd like to share experiences with you.
I built computer by myself.I also has experiences on hardware and software. I studied Computer Science (Graduated in 2004)in my country (Vietnam). I has been in America for 3 months. I 'm looking for a job.
CPU P4 Intel 3.4 Ghz 1 Mb Cache
MotherBoard Gigabyte 8 Sigma Series GA-8AENXP-D
Seagate 300Gb Serial ATA Hard drive
2Gb Bus 533 Memory
DVDRw SATA
Monitor Dell LCD 19"
Creative Video Editor Sound card
Creatuve 5.1 Speaker
Windows XP SP2
Office 2003

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if you really want to gauge it's performance
May 16, 2005 11:54AM PDT

try Futuremark's 3DMark2003 (or 2005 if you think the system is up to it, if it's a 6600 or lower it'll be a slideshow (wait, what am I talking about? it's a slideshow on 6800 series cards, even SLI doesn't break 50 FPS in anything))

www.futuremark.com
and just download the free demo versions
it'll give you a good idea of how the computer performs in gaming application

if your interested in how it performes in non gaming application, get PCMark2004, as it will benchmark office productivity and other non-gaming type things