Hi there,
My current video card is a Sparkle G-Force 6600 AGP 256MB and it has thrown in the towel. I want to upgrade to a PCI-E workstation card as i will be using a lot of CAD software. I am looking at a Leadtek Quadro FX1500 PCI-e card and was wondering what modifications i will need to make to the computer. Will it just be a matter of changing to a PCI-e motherboard or will i also need to change CPU and memory etc?
I am currently running an INTEL PENTIUM 4 3.2GHZ Socket 478 CPU, PC-3200 1024MB PQI 184-PIN DDR SDRAM, SPARKLE 6600 256MB AGP VIDEO CARD, on an ABIT AI7 I865 P4 SKT478 ATX MOTHERBOARD, GTR 400W ATX PSU, MAXTOR 160GB CALYPSO DIAMONDMAX PLUS9 SERIAL ATA DRIVE
Is there a PCI-E motherboard of the same size as the existing one that i can just switch over to and transplant everything from the old one to the new one? Or will i need to purchase new CPU, memory etc??
Thanks for your time,
Ron
My current video card is a Sparkle G-Force 6600 AGP 256MB and it has thrown in the towel. I want to upgrade to a PCI-E workstation card as i will be using a lot of CAD software. I am looking at a Leadtek Quadro FX1500 PCI-e card and was wondering what modifications i will need to make to the computer. Will it just be a matter of changing to a PCI-e motherboard or will i also need to change CPU and memory etc?
I am currently running an INTEL PENTIUM 4 3.2GHZ Socket 478 CPU, PC-3200 1024MB PQI 184-PIN DDR SDRAM, SPARKLE 6600 256MB AGP VIDEO CARD, on an ABIT AI7 I865 P4 SKT478 ATX MOTHERBOARD, GTR 400W ATX PSU, MAXTOR 160GB CALYPSO DIAMONDMAX PLUS9 SERIAL ATA DRIVE
Is there a PCI-E motherboard of the same size as the existing one that i can just switch over to and transplant everything from the old one to the new one? Or will i need to purchase new CPU, memory etc??
Thanks for your time,
Ron