Guide for Selecting a Discrete Video Card

[Speed20103]

Hey Dave,

What version PCIE does my cq5305UK have?

Thanks!

Couldn't find it on the motherboard's website.

[milesrf]

If it mentions that it uses PCIE and doesn't mention which version, it's probably version PCIE-1, since the version numbers  weren't used before version PCIE-2 was about to become available.

[Big_Dave]

Hi,

The Intel G41 Express Chipset in your CQ5305UK PC will support  PCI-E version 1.1.

[luis1961]

What would be a good graphics card for my pc if I want to be able to play games on a high resolution and how cheap can i go for the graphics card to be able to support high graphic games such as today's games like battlefield. I have an HP Pavilion P6277c-b PC Bundle.

[Big_Dave]

Hi Luis1961,

What do you consider high resolution?

I ran BF at 1920x1080 using the high game settings using the NVIDIA GTX 460.  You should be able to run BF quite well using the NVIDIA 560.  You will need to replace the power supply.  The Corsair CX500 would be a good choice.

Be sure to read the posted document at the top of this thread.

[Speed20103]

Hey DAve,

What card should I get?

Price doesn't matter.

[Big_Dave]

Hi Speed20103,

My previous post for a typical PC mini-tower PC is a good place to start.

BTW-  some of the upper end video cards are $800.

[Speed20103]

Yes. But I can only use pci e 1.1. I know cards are backwards compatible but would I lose much perforance on a HD 6670  http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/graphics/amd-radeon-hd-6000/hd-6670/pages/amd-radeon-hd-6670-...

[Speed20103]

But won't the performance be affected because Luis1961's computer only supports PCIE 1. 1 while 560 needs 2.0 http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-560/specifications

[luis1961]

Is there anything cheaper for like the outlet and graphics card that I can use? Because I want something good but affordable and I would consider like Battlefield 3 high resolution and maybe I would want 1080p but is there something that is cheap and can maybe go to 720? like no higher or a bit higher? and where would I be able to find a cheaper outlet that would be able to support it. And would you need my computer score?