will the ASUS Radeon HD 5870 1GB GDDR5 work with my current pc?

[Krachn]

Hello!

Im thinking of purchasing a new graphics card, to be more specific, the ASUS Radeon HD 5870, but im not sure if it will work with my current pc =/

 

Ive attached an .txt file wich was generated trhou dxdiag.

 

All help appreciated =).

[Dalo Harkin]

Hi,

 

Dxdiag does not tell us what MOBO you have, can you please list your MOBO make and model please...

and we can go from there, as you are using a phenom chip (triple core) then the PC is not old enough to have anything other than a PCI-E slot or two on the MOBO so it will fit the MOBO.

BUT will it fit in your case as these modern cards are huge in size and some cases cannot take them if your HDDs are mounted to the right of the PCI-E slots for example you may have to move your HDD to its lowest/highest mount to fit the card in.

 

Also you would need at least a 500-600 Watt PSU

[Krachn]

The MOBO model is the RS740-SB700 from AMD

And yes, it will fit.

(i currently dont have anything in my PCI-E or in any of the PCI slots)

If i missed out something, please tell me.

Edited June 24, 2010 by Krachn

[Dalo Harkin]

Well that MOBO is listed as a Gateway build (I thought they went out of business :confused:)

anyhoo if you are sure that the GPU will fit in your case and you have the adequate power needed......

 

out of interest what size is your monitor as this may be an overkill GPU

[Krachn]

Fujitsu 25,5 LCD, its at 1920 x 1200 =)

[Dalo Harkin]

Its up to you, but I personally would say that the HD5870 is overkill for that resolution