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does the Gigabyte GA-X48T-DQ6 support Radeon HD 6970?

does the Gigabyte GA-X48T-DQ6 support Radeon HD 6970?
« on: October 31, 2011, 01:59:46 pm »
Hi Guys,

I have the Gigabyte GA-X48T-DQ6 motherboard and need to upgrade my graphics card to play battlefield 3. I am looking at the Radeon HD 6970 but was not sure if this card should run on my motherboard? I currently have two Radeon HD 4850 in crossfire.

I see that the 6970 mentions PCI-E 2.1 but my mobo only has PCI-E 2.0. Reading a little about this it seems that this shouldnt be a problem?

I can provide more system details if required (currently at work or I would supply them anyway) if they are needed. I intend to build a new system at some point, so I am willing to pay for this card with the intention of using it in the new build at a later date.

Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks
Martyn

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Re: does the Gigabyte GA-X48T-DQ6 support Radeon HD 6970?
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2011, 03:49:42 pm »
Hi

It should run fine on your motherboard because these specs are all backwards compatible so at worst you wouldn't have the full features that would be available otherwise.

Have fun with your upgrade and new game.
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: does the Gigabyte GA-X48T-DQ6 support Radeon HD 6970?
« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2011, 04:04:49 pm »
Hi,

Thanks for your help, much appreciated. I will give it a go :)