Simple question - Compatiblity of CPU, Mobo and GPU

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Hi, I am just putting togeather a new computer with Intel Core i7 920 2.66Ghz Processor and Intel X58SO 1366 mobo. Just realized that there is no integrated graphics on this one. I was planning to get a graphics card down the track anyway but do I need a specific graphics card for this (DDR3??) or will any cheapish one do? Will be used mostly for 2D graphics programs like CS4.
Recomendations welcome!

Cheers,


Steve
 
im not 100% sure u can use any old card, but thats what i think, i'm sure someone on here knows for sure. but i can tell u if i didnt care about having a high end card and was in ur position i'd go with just any old card and expect it to work. if i am wrong and you do have to use a ddr3 (idk why you would), you can always just return the other card and get one u need. if you really want to be sure before u buy you could call dell and ask them, but i believe they charge a fee.
 
so long as it is PCI-e you can use whatever card you like

hondro said:
im not 100% sure u can use any old card, but thats what i think, i'm sure someone on here knows for sure. but i can tell u if i didnt care about having a high end card and was in ur position i'd go with just any old card and expect it to work. if i am wrong and you do have to use a ddr3 (idk why you would), you can always just return the other card and get one u need. if you really want to be sure before u buy you could call dell and ask them, but i believe they charge a fee.
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Dell technical support is bs, if it isn't written on the receivers piece of paper, they don't have a clue
 
hondro said:
im not 100% sure u can use any old card, but thats what i think, i'm sure someone on here knows for sure. but i can tell u if i didnt care about having a high end card and was in ur position i'd go with just any old card and expect it to work. if i am wrong and you do have to use a ddr3 (idk why you would), you can always just return the other card and get one u need. if you really want to be sure before u buy you could call dell and ask them, but i believe they charge a fee.
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Why would he call Dell? He's not buying from Dell.

Any graphics card would work, DDR3 is your system RAM type not your GPU RAM type, any PCI or PCIe card would work.

Aastii said:
Dell technical support is bs, if it isn't written on the receivers piece of paper, they don't have a clue
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+1, tech support are usually a bunch of braindead morons reading from a book
 
kenrunner said:
to your mobo.and your cpu,i think you shall buy a top video card.maybe two video card to sli;otherwise it will watse your mobo and your cpu.
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not true.

He isn't gaming, so he isn't using anything graphically intensive.

If he wass gaming and got a low end card yes, the GPU would bottleneck the system, but because nothing graphically intensive is being done, it is all CPU and memory intensive, all are working fine, an integrated graphics board wouldn't be taxed at all by picture editing
 
Cool, thanks for clearing that up.....any ideas on what GPU would suffice since there is no integrated one on this mobo.


Cheers,

Steve
 
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