Help finding a 8400GS Card

[Ninko]

Hi all,

Does anyone know where I can buy a 8400GS PCI-E (NOT 2.0) with a FAN on it?

 

The reason I don't want version 2.0 is because I have a Dell Inspiron 530 and the motherboards PCI-E standard is 1.0a and 1.0a so I read on the net is hit and miss regarding it working with a 2.0 card. I've tried one 2.0 card and my pc wouldn't work with it.

 

Thanks

 

 

Ninko

[Dalo Harkin]

A 2.0 is backward compatible with 1.1 and 1.0 PCI-E. what you read as hit and miss is that certain VIA chipsets do not play well when you use a 2.0 in a 1.1 or 1.0 slot (this should be rectified by now in a BIOS update) as this issue was a while ago.

 

Hope this helps

[Ninko]

Hi Dalo Harkin,

Thanks for your reply.

If what you say is true I'm confused as to why this card worked fine, but ran very hot (hence why I wanted to get one with a fan): MSI 8400GS 512MB DDR2 DVI VGA Out PCI-E Graphics Card | Ebuyer.com

 

And why this card didn't work: Asus GeForce 8400GS 512MB PCI-Express 2.0 x16 DVI Low Profile (EN8400GS/P/512M) - dabs.com

 

As far as I can tell, my motherboard is a Dell Inc. 0RY007 and my BIOS version is 1.0.18

 

Any ideas please, I'm really confused with this one.

 

Thanks

 

 

Ninko