Looking to upgrade video. is there a limit to uprade old mboard
I have a Matsonic MS9327E+(USB) motherboard. would like to upgrade video card. Don't know if the board will support newer video cards. please help.
Jim
Jim
Computers & Internet - Matsonic - MS9327E (MS9327E+(USB)) Motherboard
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Hi, just to let you know the motherboard can handle a geforce 5200 - 5500 atleast ive had both these in the same machine , hope this helps
Your motherboard only supports up to AGP4X, not necessarily the newest or hottest cards. Many AGP 8X cards will also run in a 4X slot, or some motherboard BIOS settings allow you to change the AGP settings from 8X to 4X. (You can get a respectable AGP card, with a lot of onboard memory.) It is possible for you to have a decent display, but it depends on the specifics of your MOBO and video card.
Seems the motherboard has a AGP x4 slot, so any AGP video card that supports AGP x4 should work fine with this board. but its quite old. what card do you have now? it wont support the latest, only if the card has agp 4x / 8x support. Might be a good idea to upgrade the motherboard, cpu, memory and the video at the same time.
Only cards that work with this board are AGP 4x graphics cards or possiblly AGP 8x cards that are backwards compatible. If you buy an 8x card do your research to make sure it's backwards compatible before purchase. Newer graphics cards are pci-express x16 or pci-e 2. These will not work with your board. Hope this helps & please remember to rate my answer. Thanks.