Is my gtx 260 compatible?

[Hazard]

Motherboard Name: Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L
Current Graphics card: Nvidia 8500 GT

im thinking of purchasing a GTX 260, is it compatible?

 

[slh28]

Yes. Make sure your power supply is up to the task though.

 

[Hazard]

Yes. Make sure your power supply is up to the task though.

thank you soooo so much for your anwser in fact i will be purchasing a 540w power supply too, thanks again

 

[tweakboy]

Your new PSU will handle it easy. good luck your gonna like the performance increase. things are gonna fly @ 1920x1200 ,,, good luck,

You didn't tell us what CPU you have, For a GTX 260 to not bottleneck you need a suped up super fast dual core CPU... the X2 6000 wont cut it and the Pentium D wont cut it. A core 2 duo @ 3Ghz or AMD equivlant,will go well with a GTX 260 and will not bottleneck..... gl

 

[Hazard]

Your new PSU will handle it easy. good luck your gonna like the performance increase. things are gonna fly @ 1920x1200 ,,, good luck,

You didn't tell us what CPU you have, For a GTX 260 to not bottleneck you need a suped up super fast dual core CPU... the X2 6000 wont cut it and the Pentium D wont cut it. A core 2 duo @ 3Ghz or AMD equivlant,will go well with a GTX 260 and will not bottleneck..... gl

thanks my CPU is: Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz, 2400 MHz umm since im kinda new and all i was wondering, what exactly does bottleneck mean?

 

[slh28]

Your CPU is fine. Bottleneck just means that you have a slow/old component which hampers the rest of your computer's performance, e.g. if your CPU is very slow then even if you have a really good graphics card you won't see much of a performance increase because the CPU is holding up the rest of the system.

 

[Hazard]

Your CPU is fine. Bottleneck just means that you have a slow/old component which hampers the rest of your computer's performance, e.g. if your CPU is very slow then even if you have a really good graphics card you won't see much of a performance increase because the CPU is holding up the rest of the system.

ok thanks loads dude cant wait for it to arrive xD any suggestions btw?

 

[sw123]

Seems to me like ur in good shape

Sorry to be so negative in light of your obvious excitement, but if your video card doesnt work when the new PSU arrives, i would check on that video card. It might be that its defective and you should return it

Good Luck,
sw123

EDIT: Hazard is so leet hes never heard of bottleneck

 

[Hazard]

Seems to me like ur in good shape

Sorry to be so negative in light of your obvious excitement, but if your video card doesnt work when the new PSU arrives, i would check on that video card. It might be that its defective and you should return it

Good Luck,
sw123

EDIT: Hazard is so leet hes never heard of bottleneck

haha ok thanks will do, aaand haha i heard of it but wasnt sure what it was ( i had that impression ) thanks again