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Upgrade advice

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mdlrkn

Junior Member
I currently have an NVIDIA 8500 GT, and am looking to upgrade to the BFG 8800 GT OC. The 8800 has a 2.0 pcie requirement. I have heard that 2.0's are backwards compatible, and was wondering if that would work on my gateway model #GT5628. My motherboard is an Intel (Schroeder Town) G33.

I was also concerned about the power supply as the 8800 requires "an available 6 pin PCI-E power connector (hard drive power dongle to PCI-E 6 pin adapter included with card)"

Am I good to go ahead and buy this card?
 
Welcome to the forums!

On a G33 chipset board you are probably fine for compatibility. Power wise, it depends on what your PSU is rated for on the +12V line(s). Does your model have a sticker on the side listing the amps it provides at the different voltages?

If you don't have a 6-pin PCIe plug on the PSU you will need the adapter, which inputs two 4-pin molex plugs and converts to the 6-pin needed for the GPU.
 
Just make sure your PSU can supply the required 24A(please look this up, it may be 26A for 8800GT) on the 12V rails. The PCIe 2.0 is not a requirement and the card is backwards compatible.
 
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