Hello Forum
I have an old HTPC Medion MS 7324 mATX Mainboard
Mother board specs https://www.manualslib.com/manual/651765/Msi-Ms-7324.html?page=
Intel Core 2 duo E6300 ,3 GB ram ..
I appreciate some will comment on how old and unreliable the PSU will be & how poor the the CPU performs, this i have read several times when searching the net trying to find the correct information.
I was curious to know what old Graphics card would best pair with the old CPU with MSI motherboard ,
So way back then what would of been the best performing GPU card to match the CPU and compatible with the mother board ? Without bottle necking the CPU
I looked at the possibility of Over Clocking the CPU from within the Bios but have yet to find any settings to help with this.
What I understand I need so far ?
GPU must be Low profile due to the HTPC form factor
PCIE x 16 1.0 or perhaps PCIE x 16 2.0 ?
Not a power hungry card
I have found reference to a similar PC on a German site from a 2009 post, where the user bought a Passive Radeon 4550 Sapphire , could anyone recommend 2 or 3 alternatives ?
What other technical questions should I be asking when looking for a suitable card
Reason for wanting a graphics card ?. I want to increase the HTPC graphics .
Thanks for reading
I have an old HTPC Medion MS 7324 mATX Mainboard
Mother board specs https://www.manualslib.com/manual/651765/Msi-Ms-7324.html?page=
Intel Core 2 duo E6300 ,3 GB ram ..
I appreciate some will comment on how old and unreliable the PSU will be & how poor the the CPU performs, this i have read several times when searching the net trying to find the correct information.
I was curious to know what old Graphics card would best pair with the old CPU with MSI motherboard ,
So way back then what would of been the best performing GPU card to match the CPU and compatible with the mother board ? Without bottle necking the CPU
I looked at the possibility of Over Clocking the CPU from within the Bios but have yet to find any settings to help with this.
What I understand I need so far ?
GPU must be Low profile due to the HTPC form factor
PCIE x 16 1.0 or perhaps PCIE x 16 2.0 ?
Not a power hungry card
I have found reference to a similar PC on a German site from a 2009 post, where the user bought a Passive Radeon 4550 Sapphire , could anyone recommend 2 or 3 alternatives ?
What other technical questions should I be asking when looking for a suitable card
Reason for wanting a graphics card ?. I want to increase the HTPC graphics .
Thanks for reading