Graphics Card Support List

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I have Gigabyte GA-M61VME-S2 MBO, GeForce 6100/ nForce 400 chipset (onboard
graphics). MBO Manual has this graphics card support list. Supported graphic
cards are almost all gigabyte products. Can I use any other graphic card
with this mbo?

TNX
 
Sovereign said:
I have Gigabyte GA-M61VME-S2 MBO, GeForce 6100/ nForce 400 chipset (onboard
graphics). MBO Manual has this graphics card support list. Supported
graphic cards are almost all gigabyte products. Can I use any other graphic
card with this mbo?

TNX
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According to the motherboard specs listed by Gigabyte, you can't even really
use the graphic cards on the 'supported graphic cards' list published by
Gigabyte.

The mainboard specs claim that the PCI-Express X16 slot runs in X1 mode.
While certain graphic cards might be OK with that (including a long list of
mostly gigabyte branded cards published by gigabyte), it is NOT something
you want to do

I'd advise you to seriously consider buying a new motherboard BEFORE buying
a graphics card. The one you own is defective by design. If you run a X16
card in X1 mode, you'd be almost better off just to stick with the onboard
graphics instead of an add-in video card. -Dave
 
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