Upgrade advice

[mdlrkn]

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?

 

[Denithor]

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.

 

[Fyon Nex]

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.