Upgrading my motherboard (GPU)

[v3nes]

Hi!

I have BIOSTAR MCP6P M2+ ver 6.1 motherboard. It comes with integrated nvidia 6150 and nforce 430 chipset. I would like to know on what I have to look when upgrading my graphic card. It has PCI-E x16 port but I know that newest graphic cards will not work but why is it because of chipset cpu or something other (except psu i know they need more power).

Someone told me that nforce chipsets are better for overclocking but I don't know why maybe you guys know more about it?

// I found out that is supports lock on PCI/AGP port. But what is it? Why it is helpful?

 

[claptonman]

I don't see any GPU support list on the page. Pretty sure it could support any GPU. But like you said, we need to know what kind of power supply you have.

 

[MyCattMaxx]

From what I see you have a pci-e x16 1.x slot.
That will limit the gpu data transfer to 250 MB/s.
Time to upgrade to a better mb to better utilize the newer cards.

 

[StrangleHold]

PCIe 1.0 is 250MB/s each lane. A X16 slot has 16 lanes.

 

[aintgotno]

I like it when I learn things...