compatible GPU cards with my motherboard
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3ogdy
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Do you have a prebuilt system? Something like PCs from HP, Dell and the likes? If not, then we'll need to know what your PSU (Power Supply Unit) is.
The motherboard supports PCIExpress GPUs. The generation doesn't matter as they are all backwards compatible so a PCIExpressx16 3.0 GPU will work in a PCIExpressx16 1.0 slot.
Without knowing what PSU your computer is equipped with, the best GPU you could buy is the GeForce GTX 750Ti
That's because it doesn't require additional power directly from your PSU. It can deal with the 75W provided by the PCIExpressx16 slot on your motherboard. Then again, given your motherboard the best CPU you could possibly have installed on that one is a 65W Core 2 Duo E6700. I doubt you'd see any performance benefit from anything better than the 750Ti without the CPU bottlenecking you.
The motherboard supports PCIExpress GPUs. The generation doesn't matter as they are all backwards compatible so a PCIExpressx16 3.0 GPU will work in a PCIExpressx16 1.0 slot.
Without knowing what PSU your computer is equipped with, the best GPU you could buy is the GeForce GTX 750Ti
That's because it doesn't require additional power directly from your PSU. It can deal with the 75W provided by the PCIExpressx16 slot on your motherboard. Then again, given your motherboard the best CPU you could possibly have installed on that one is a 65W Core 2 Duo E6700. I doubt you'd see any performance benefit from anything better than the 750Ti without the CPU bottlenecking you.
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3ogdy is right and it would be wise to let us know which CPU you have so we're not recommending GPUs that would be bottle-necked by yours.
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Wow! A socket 775 motherboard... It is getting close to having the same moniker I do... Ancient.. 
Your motherboard has a single PCIe 16x slot. So yes any video card out there will be supported. The info Biostar has online does not specify which version of PCIe the motherboard has, but I am fairly certain that it is PCIe 2.0, which is fine. All video cards are backwards compatible. They might run a percent or two slower than a 3.0 board, but that's negligible.
Your motherboard has a single PCIe 16x slot. So yes any video card out there will be supported. The info Biostar has online does not specify which version of PCIe the motherboard has, but I am fairly certain that it is PCIe 2.0, which is fine. All video cards are backwards compatible. They might run a percent or two slower than a 3.0 board, but that's negligible.
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MarkW :
Wow! A socket 775 motherboard... It is getting close to having the same moniker I do... Ancient..
Your motherboard has a single PCIe 16x slot. So yes any video card out there will be supported. The info Biostar has online does not specify which version of PCIe the motherboard has, but I am fairly certain that it is PCIe 2.0, which is fine. All video cards are backwards compatible. They might run a percent or two slower than a 3.0 board, but that's negligible.
Your motherboard has a single PCIe 16x slot. So yes any video card out there will be supported. The info Biostar has online does not specify which version of PCIe the motherboard has, but I am fairly certain that it is PCIe 2.0, which is fine. All video cards are backwards compatible. They might run a percent or two slower than a 3.0 board, but that's negligible.
Not true, some big brands like dell or hp, with a pre build pc they dont allow any video card to be comnpatible, there was a case here on forum where a pc made by dell didnt supported a r9 270x had to buy a new motherboard because old motherboard bios didnt accepted the videocard.
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MarkW :
Wow! A socket 775 motherboard... It is getting close to having the same moniker I do... Ancient..
Your motherboard has a single PCIe 16x slot. So yes any video card out there will be supported. The info Biostar has online does not specify which version of PCIe the motherboard has, but I am fairly certain that it is PCIe 2.0, which is fine. All video cards are backwards compatible. They might run a percent or two slower than a 3.0 board, but that's negligible.
Your motherboard has a single PCIe 16x slot. So yes any video card out there will be supported. The info Biostar has online does not specify which version of PCIe the motherboard has, but I am fairly certain that it is PCIe 2.0, which is fine. All video cards are backwards compatible. They might run a percent or two slower than a 3.0 board, but that's negligible.
Biostar doesn't mention the generation, but I have actually researched some info about the board. It's got PCIExpress x16 1.0. Its chipset was announced in February 2006. The first Intel chipsets to support PCIExpress 2.0 were first released in 2007. Close, but not enough for it to get 2nd gen PCIExpress.
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Im not sure that the initial release date would cover a version 7.x of this motherboard. But I just spent 10 more minutes trying to find anything that specifies the PCIe version, and came up empty.
So you probably are correct that it is a PCIe 1.0 slot.
So you probably are correct that it is a PCIe 1.0 slot.
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Well, let me put it this way... Yes, it will work. But its going to be very, very weak.
Please take a look at this link. I would like you to scroll down on that page to the graph listing current video cards, and where the GT 610 rates in comparison...
http://www.futuremark.com/hardware/gpu/NVIDIA+GeForce+GT+610/review
Please take a look at this link. I would like you to scroll down on that page to the graph listing current video cards, and where the GT 610 rates in comparison...
http://www.futuremark.com/hardware/gpu/NVIDIA+GeForce+GT+610/review
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If the budget is $50, I'd consider this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133519
It's considerably more powerful than the GT610.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133519
It's considerably more powerful than the GT610.
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