What type of Express 16 is the HP P5BW-LA

[Rich215]

EDIT FOR MORE DETAIL and system specs.
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My old HP Media PC Specs:

- Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit

-Asus board states in BIOS that it is a P5BW-LA3-00 Broadwater -bios V6.00pg
-3.gb ram
-CPU - Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz
- Power Supply OCZ 600SXS 20w/155w/580w
- XFX 8600 GT TOO DAMM LOUD !

Monitor #1 BenQ 241W 24in. digital
Monitor #2 Old Olivia 38 LCD 720p TV

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I have a HP with a Asus p5bw-la[strike] basswood[/strike] MB. I would like to replace the XFX 8600 GT vid card because it is so freaking loud with the always 100% fan on.

Which version of the PCI Express 16 is this slot.....Im not sure what vid card to get.

My needs are for a quiet one and I dont game much at all. I mostly stream video and work with 2 monitors set up. So mainly it is a multi media PC.

Any help would be great. Oh...I have been using NVIDIA boards for awhile on many rigs....have not tried a ATI card in years. I had better experience with the dual monitor setup with NVIDIA software compered to the ATI offerings, has ATI gotten better with dual monitor software in the past 3 years?

 

[cin19]

Your MB has the Intel P965 chipset, the pcie is the pcie1.1X16. http://ark.intel.com/products/27730/Intel-82P965-Memory-Controller
You can try to use the MSI Afterburner to controll the speed, also check the GPU temp too because if the card is over heat then the fan will spin faster to cool down the card.
MSI Afterburner http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm
HWMonitor 1.24 http://www.cpuid.com/downloads/hwmonitor/1.24-setup.exe

 

[Rich215]

So will it matter if i get a card that is PCI Exp. 2.0? Do I need to get a x16 only?

I just want a decent card for multi media that is really quiet, I dont pay many games at all. I have a dual HD monitors (one a tv) and usually need to stream video and then work on the other monitor. My XFX 8600 GT is way too loud to deal with in this small office. I just want to replace it with something cheap that gets me by for my basic use.

I saw some sub $50 cards but not sure which ones run quiet. I could go with a ATI but just always had good luck using NVIDIA cards for dual monitors.

 

[cin19]

Because your budget, I only can find this one Galaxy 63TGS8HX3XXZ GeForce GT 630 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162116&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

I will recommend to buy the nvidia card, because 1) your MB has the pice1.1X16 slot, which does not compatible with AMD GPU with pcie2.1X16, here is the info http://www.overclock.net/a/the-final-answer-to-the-controversial-pcie-x16-version-compatibility 2) your PC maybe is the HP, and I can't find the newer version BIOS ( at least 2008/2009), if they have the newer bios then the pcie2.1X16 will compatible. 3) If you can find other like GT620 (=GT430) but make sure you get the card has the 128-bit or the 64-bit one.

 

[Rich215]

updated my sys specs, i was alittle off on my MB,

One odd thing...in the BIOS settings for the vid card I can select either PCI or PCI E....when i set it and save to PCI E.....after I restart the system it always reverts back to PCI with my XFX 8600 GT card.