Will a Radeon 5750 or 5770 work in my Compaq?

[joeschmotz]

Hey people! Here are the specs for my Presario...would a new Radeon 5750 or 5770 work in my system?

Motherboard description Motherboard manufacturer's name: Asus M2N68-LA
HP/Compaq name: Ivy8-GL6

CPU/Processor Socket: AM2
Supports the following processors:
Athlon 64 X2 with Dual Core technology
Athlon 64
Sempron

Front-side bus (FSB) 2000MT/s (2.0 GT/s)

Chipset NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430

BIOS features System BIOS core brand: Award
Keyboard combination to used to enter BIOS: F10

Form factor Micro-ATX: 9.6 in X 9.6 in

Memory Dual channel memory architecture
Two 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets
Supported DIMM types:
PC2-4200 (533 MHz)
PC2-5300 (667 MHz)
PC2-6400 (800 MHz)
Non-ECC memory only, unbuffered
Supports 2GB DDR2 DIMMs
Supports up to 4 GB*
32 bit PCs cannot address a full 4.0 GB of memory.



NOTE: *Actual available memory may be less

Expansion slots Two PCI
One PCI Express x16 graphics (for graphics card)
One PCI Express x1 (for cards such as network, sound, tv-tuner)

Video graphics Integrated graphics using nVidia GeForce 6150SE
Up to 256MB of system memory (with 512MB or more system memory)
Also supports PCI Express x16 graphics cards



NOTE: Either integrated graphics or the PCI Express x16 slot are usable at one time; they are not usable concurrently.

Parallel ATA One 40-pin UltraDMA 100/66/33 connector
Supports PIO, multi-word DMA modes
Supports two PATA disk drives on one PATA ribbon cable (two drives total)

Serial ATA Two SATA connectors:
SATA1 = Black
SATA2 = White



Supports 1 SATA 150 or SATA 300 disk drive on each SATA connector
Speed up to 1.5Gb/sec or 3.0Gb/sec, complying with SATA 1.0 and SATA 2.0 specifications



NOTE: The faster rate of 3.0Gb/sec requires that both the hard drive and the motherboard support it. If one or the other does not support 3.0 Gb/sec, the system negotiates down to the slower 1.5 Gb/sec.

RAID Not currently supported by HP PCs using this motherboard.
Onboard audio 6 channel high-definition audio
Audio CODEC: ALC888
Onboard LAN 10/100Mbps LAN PHY
PCI Realtek RTL8201N

Onboard USB USB 2.0
Eight ports total
four connectors on back panel
additional headers on motherboard support 4 additional ports/devices



NOTE: Some USB ports may not be available externally for customer use. For more information, see model specifications.

Back panel I/0 One PS/2 mouse port (green)
One PS/2 keyboard port (purple)
One VGA port
Two USB 2.0
One RJ-45 networking port
Three Stereo-mini audio jacks for:
Line-in (light blue)
Line-out (lime)
Microphone-in (pink)

Internal connectors One 24-pin ATX power connector
One 4-pin ATX power connector
One PATA connector
Two SATA connectors
One floppy drive connector
Two 12v fan connectors for CPU fan and PC fan
One 9-pin header for power button, reset button, power LED, and HDD LED
One line input connector (interupts line input on back panel, Vista capable, requires matching front audio jack module)
One 9-pin audio header for headphone-out and microphone-in (yellow, Vista capable, requires matching front audio jack module)
Two USB headers supporting 4 additional USB 2.0 ports or devices
One Intel high-definition Audio/Modem Link (Not used by HP)
One jumper for resetting BIOS settings
One jumper to disable BIOS password checking

 

[Technochicken]

Your motherboard has a PCI-e x16 slot, so it is compatible. It is likely though that your power supply is not up to the task of powering either of those cards. Could you post your power supply model and specifications? They should be either on the bottom or the side of the power supply, on a big sticker.

 

[joeschmotz]

Thanks for responding! Yes, I know that my power supply is too low, but i am upgrading that, too. Does it really matter how much memory is on the card? Somebody told me that I should only use a card with 512 mb. ??

 

[Technochicken]

The ammount of memory you need on a video card depends on what resolution you plan to be gaming on, and 512 mb will most likely be sufficient. Another thing you should probably do is measure the ammount of space the video card will have lengthwise. You said your case was mIcro-ATX, so space might be an issue.

 

[joeschmotz]

Gotcha

Yeah I keep forgetting the mobo is microATX. I will make sure it fits. Thanks again! --jOe