Graphics cards

[Nightrider]

Ok well i brought a Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 3450 512MB DDR2 PCI-E today, only to find when i got home my current PC is only a PCI-E 1x -.- are there any decent graphics cards with about the same power as the 8600GT/or the Radeon 3450 and near the same price (+£40 if needs be (so around £130))that fit a x1 slot? or will i have to either buy a x16 motherboard or buy a PCI-E extender?
-Dan

 

[hellcaster]

Try

This

not sure if its PCI-E x1 tho it just says PCI-Express so i guess.

/Kev

 

[Nightrider]

ill find out if thats a x1,x4,x8 or x16, basicly i have a gaming laptop with a geforce 6600GT in it, i've got a pc with a 7600 but i need a pixle shader 2.0+ for this new computer
so i can play requiem on this :P
-Dan

 

[hellcaster]

^_^ happend to me lol had to buy a crappy 7800 GT AGP, so it cost me £130 =[

but hopefully thats x1, i have a 8600GT PCI x16 in the cupboard cant use =[

/Kev

 

[Nightrider]

nah i've decided i'm going to take it back tomoz and speak to my friend at pc world see if hes got any decent x1's about :P, else im going to have to buy a extender, where i might aswel buy a new motherboard -.- lol
-Dan

 

[hellcaster]

Sorry to hear mate, hope it all goes well as i know PC World are complete asses.

G/L

/Kev

 

[Nightrider]

looks like im stuck with my 6600 then :P well until they bring out the new PCI-E x1 cards (hopefully end of this year :P) cheers anyway bud
-Dan

 

[forspinki]

in america you can get 2x 8600gt for £80

 

[hellcaster]

WHAAAATTTT how?

 

[Nightrider]

screw it :P decided to buy a new laptop (well my dad did for me) so i got this

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Xtreme_770-T7500_Laptop_X770-T7500/version.asp

going to use it for "college" aswel lol thats what i said anyway.
so i decided screw it and got the 4gb one instead of the 2gb one, got it for £999.95 aswel instead of £1369.97 as dad said it was for his company
-Dan

then once i save up enough cash im going to buy myself a nice desktop :P seen a few at pc world today for about £1000 with 2x8600GT's 6gb ram 1tb hd intel quad corex2 q6600 so that will do for me

 

[hellcaster]

Ohhh nice laptop looks great

 

[Snowman]

Computers Will Ruin Your Life

 

[hellcaster]

Whys will they Snow?

 

[Silent]

I got a gigabyte am2 socket motherboard for 45 pound, it includes x1 & x16 pc ex slot 4 ram slots and other stuff, id recommend buying a new mobo.