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GA-8I915PL-g motherboard
« on: April 21, 2011, 02:18:29 pm »
I have a GA-8I915PL-g motherboard what graphic card can i use for it i know its a pci express but how do i choose? ???
« Last Edit: April 21, 2011, 02:23:39 pm by rebecca21 »

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Re: GA-8I915PL-g motherboard
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2011, 02:23:30 pm »
Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte forum.

Your motherboard supports PCIE x16 graphics cards therefore more or less any modern graphics card will fit. A lot depends on what you want to do with the system and your budget.
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Re: GA-8I915PL-g motherboard
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2011, 02:25:28 pm »
It dosent have to be a ddr type

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Re: GA-8I915PL-g motherboard
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2011, 02:26:56 pm »
I think you are getting mixed up with memory. DDR is a spec of memory modules.
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy

Re: GA-8I915PL-g motherboard
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2011, 02:34:46 pm »
So any suggestions so many to choose from

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Re: GA-8I915PL-g motherboard
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2011, 02:39:17 pm »
Well I really need some input from you. I said in my initial post that it depends on your budget and what you want to do with your system. ;)
« Last Edit: April 21, 2011, 02:41:01 pm by Dark Mantis »
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy

Re: GA-8I915PL-g motherboard
« Reply #6 on: April 21, 2011, 02:50:39 pm »
I WATCH MOVIES NOT TO MUCH GAMING NO MORE THAN $50

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Re: GA-8I915PL-g motherboard
« Reply #7 on: April 21, 2011, 03:03:06 pm »
Please don't shout!

In that case most any card in that price range will serve you well. Personally I prefer the AMD Radeon range of cards but the nVidia range are fine.

Something like the Radeon 5670 would be a good all round card for what you require and this particular model is worth a look.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/190138

Sorry I just realised you said dollars not pounds. You will have to go down a bit from that then.
Maybe more like this:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/199429#
« Last Edit: April 22, 2011, 10:54:13 am by Dark Mantis »
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy

Re: GA-8I915PL-g motherboard
« Reply #8 on: April 21, 2011, 11:56:35 pm »
Sorry i 4 got caps ment shouting lol :-[ Tky i will check those out there is just so much to choose it gets confusing and i did have a dell/radeon x300 se but it didnt work figured it was to old.  thanks again  ;)

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Re: GA-8I915PL-g motherboard
« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2011, 10:56:09 am »
The Sapphire card I posted is one of the better makes in my opinion, but obviously there are others. Gigabyte do their own version if it is available near you.
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy

Re: GA-8I915PL-g motherboard
« Reply #10 on: April 22, 2011, 06:47:43 pm »
 ;) tky i really appriciate it

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Re: GA-8I915PL-g motherboard
« Reply #11 on: April 22, 2011, 08:24:55 pm »
No problem you're welcome. Please let us know what you buy and what you think of it. ;)
Gigabyte X58A-UD7
i7 920
Dominators 1600 x6 12GB
6970 2GB
HX850
256GB SSD, Sam 1TB, WDB320GB
Blu-Ray
HAF 932

Gigabyte Z68X-UD5-B3
i7 3770K
Vengeance 1600 16GB
6950 2GB
HCP1200W
Revo Drive x2, 1.5TB WDB RAID0
16x DLRW
StrikeX S7
Full water cooling
3 x 27" Iiy