Graphic Card compatability - PEGATRON CORPORATION 2AB5

[khaudus]

Hello, I was looking forward to upgrading my graphic card since the fan is broken.

I read about compatability issues with this motherboard PEGATRON CORPORATION 2AB5 so I decided to come here to search for help.

Please find my PC Summary Spec as follows:

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Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core i7 2600 @ 3.40GHz 35 °C
Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology
RAM
12,0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
PEGATRON CORPORATION 2AB5 (CPU 1) 26 °C
Graphics
Philips FTV (1920x1080@60Hz)
Philips 170C5 (1280x1024@60Hz)
3071MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 545 (MSI) 68 °C
Storage
1863GB Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 SCSI Disk Device (SATA) 28 °C
Optical Drives
DTSOFT Virtual CdRom Device
hp BDDVDRW CH28N SCSI CdRom Device

If there is more info needed please let me know.

I would like to buy some card around 200/250 bucks for gaming.

Thank you in advance for your support.

Have a nice day!

 

[serioussamik17]

Any Graphics card having PCIE Compatibility would fit into your motherboard since it is supporting the GT545 and compatible with the LGA 1155 platform. You should not have any compatibility issues as your motherboard is having a PCIE 2.0 compliant slot which should support all PCIE 2.0/3.0 compatible cards.
Source:http://www.findlaptopdriver.com/pegatron-2ab5-motherboard-corporation-specs/

Consider a getting a Nvidia GTX 960 or an AMD R9 380 series graphics card from whichever manufacturer you prefer (MSI/ASUS/XFX/Gigabyte/Zotac) and you are all set for some serious gaming.

 

[khaudus]

Thank you for your reply!

Will probably purchase NVIDIA GTX 950/960 - I am unsure if the performance will be noticeable.

I have however one more doubt regarding if the mentioned card(s) will "fit" in the case? Or shouldnt I worry about that?

Thank you in advance.

 

[serioussamik17]

Yes, with a GTX 950 there will be a very significant performance increase and with 960, it wud be just on fire compared to the GT 545.

What is the case you are having? A mini ITX card would work if you are having a mini ITX case. Example of mini ITX GTX 960:
http://www.gigabyte.in/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5369#ov

 

[boboro]

Hello, i wanted to ask, if you found a graphic card, that supported your Pegatron 2AB5. I'm in the same situation as you, but sadly no graphic card until now worked on this specific motherboard. I bought a gtx 960 (Palit / Ganinward / MSI) tested it, but after the boot screen comes up, the screen stays black. I searched for this problem and found, that this mainbaord has the mentioned compatibility issues.

 

[khaudus]

Hello again, I wanted to give some feedback over this issue for future reference.

boboro is completely right with his insight, I have tested gtx 960 and the motherboard bios has compatibility issues.
HP BIOS version is 7.12 and will not update further, whereas GTX 9XX series need BIOS version 8.

Atleast thats what I found/understood after hours of breaking my head.

I am a real newb in all of this. My question now is if I need to buy a new motherboard plus new processor?
Can I remove the current procssor and add it to a new motherboard?
Can you reccomend a motherboard that is compatible? What specs should I watch out for? (1155 socket?)

I am sorry for reviving this months old thread, but its still same issue 🙁

Thank you in advance.