[Question] Will my mobo P5LD2 be compatibled with 8800 GTX?

QKVenGeaNce · Post by **QKVenGeaNce** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:31 pm

I have a P5LD2 motherboard with 7950 GX2 running in my system. After hearing all the hypes from 8800 GTX, I am intending to upgrade my graphic card but I do not know if my motherboard support it or not. Please give me advice, since upgrading my graphic card will take most out of my limited budget.

Another problem is my 7950 GX2 run extremely hot at averange 67*C for GPU1 and 74*C for GPU2 at default clock speed (no OC). Is it normal or just mine that has such heating problem?

My system briefly contain:

p4 640 Prescott 3.2 GHz
Asus P5LD2 motherboard
7950 GX2 (burning!?)
2 GB ValueSelect Cossair RAM

Post by **dicecca112** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 10:01 am

As for support for the 8800 your board is fine in that sense, but you need a rather beefy Power Supply

As for the 7950, they run hot, that's just a matter of fact. If its not artifacting or causing any other issues then don't worry about it

QKVenGeaNce · Post by **QKVenGeaNce** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 10:06 am

Thank you for giving me guidance through the time of confusion. I will now proceed with the upgrade from 7950 GX2 to 8800GTX. Btw, I have a 620W PSU so I don't think that power shortage shall be a problem.

Thank you, once again.

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 10:16 am

QKVenGeaNce wrote:Thank you for giving me guidance through the time of confusion. I will now proceed with the upgrade from 7950 GX2 to 8800GTX. Btw, I have a 620W PSU so I don't think that power shortage shall be a problem.

Thank you, once again.

620W should be ok if you don't overclock, if it's a quality PSU. What model is it?

The 8800GTX really needs a very fast CPU to get the most from it. Your 3.2GHz P4 will be a bottleneck.

Dicecca112 has done a very nice PSU guide, you can check if your model is listed or not Link

Welcome BTW!

QKVenGeaNce · Post by **QKVenGeaNce** » Sun Dec 03, 2006 12:28 am

My PSU is a Enermax one, though it's not popular in the market. I will check out the link you gave me. However, upgrading the chipset will somehow be a problem since my mobo use 945P chispset so my choice is also limited in that range

My mobo guide says it can support 65 nm chipset... therefore C2D E6600 can run in my system, right?

One bit of off-topic question (again):

I am trying to set up dual monitors. I have one Samsung SyncMaster 204B (DVI) and a LG Flatron 1750SQ (analoge). The problem is when I plug them both in the GC, only one screen can function, the other lay back to hibernation. I imagined the 2 monitors coul function as follow:

When playing games:

+The Samsung screeny will display game screen and the LG one will just stay in Windows so that I can still control my music or YM or MSN.

When working:

+The 2 screeny will display splitted screen.

I wonder if that is possible!?

And as I said, only one can display at the moment.