Vision: to modify my desktop PC so that everything is wireless (sound, graphic, net and keyboard+mouse) with the exception of power supply (don't think I can have a wireless one).
What I have:
- mobo: ASUS P5B-E
- GPU: GeForce 7950GT
I'm wanting to replace the 7950GT with either
Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Dual-X OC HDMI DisplayPort Dual DVI 2GB
(or)
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 650 Ti OC HDMI Dual-DVI 2GB
What I've gathered so far is that both of them have PCI e v3.0 but my mobo has only PCI e v1.0 connector. Even with this, I'm not really sure which version my mobo has as it is not clarified in ASUS website (I think it's because back then no one even think of making a v2.0). Can anyone clarify this please?
How much do I lose in performance if I put the new GPU to this old mobo? (% would be nice)
I would pick the Gigabyte one instead of the Sapphire as the OS requirement for the Sapphire one is win7+ and I use win XP (conflicting issues with device drivers for older parts). Would this be correct to pick the Gigabyte one due to this?
Is there any conflicting issues with putting this newer graphic card on my current mobo?
Any other recommendation that you guys can give me? Again, my objective is to put both sound and graphic into one HDMI connector and with this, I would buy an HDMI Wireless adapter to be connected to my TV.
Thank you for taking your time in responding to this and have a great day.
What I have:
- mobo: ASUS P5B-E
- GPU: GeForce 7950GT
I'm wanting to replace the 7950GT with either
Sapphire Radeon R9 270X Dual-X OC HDMI DisplayPort Dual DVI 2GB
(or)
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 650 Ti OC HDMI Dual-DVI 2GB
What I've gathered so far is that both of them have PCI e v3.0 but my mobo has only PCI e v1.0 connector. Even with this, I'm not really sure which version my mobo has as it is not clarified in ASUS website (I think it's because back then no one even think of making a v2.0). Can anyone clarify this please?
How much do I lose in performance if I put the new GPU to this old mobo? (% would be nice)
I would pick the Gigabyte one instead of the Sapphire as the OS requirement for the Sapphire one is win7+ and I use win XP (conflicting issues with device drivers for older parts). Would this be correct to pick the Gigabyte one due to this?
Is there any conflicting issues with putting this newer graphic card on my current mobo?
Any other recommendation that you guys can give me? Again, my objective is to put both sound and graphic into one HDMI connector and with this, I would buy an HDMI Wireless adapter to be connected to my TV.
Thank you for taking your time in responding to this and have a great day.