Gen 1 16x video card Wherezitat?

#1

I have a machine I use for Blender and other graphics. I’m about to upgrade it to 4GbRAM, but am having difficulty finding a PCI Express 16x V1 (Gen 1) video card for it. Everything I’ve looked at is V2, or even V3 now. Any ideas for a reliable source where I can find this holy grail? I’d be happy with 512Mb video RAM, but a Gig would be great.

I plan to build a whole new machine in a few months, but last time I planned for that I ended up having to spend A LOT of time on home improvement. (When this house finally goes on the market someday, it’ll be a sweet urban survivalist’s dream… :wink: ). In the meantime, I’d like to get my old XP machine to be all that it can be without painting it olive drab… :smiley:

Dr. C.

#2

Please don’t post hardware threads in General Discussions.

#3

PCIe v2 and 3 should be backward compatible with v1.

#4

Any PCI Express video card will work in any PCI Express slot as long as it’s physically x16 lanes.

#5

Sorry, Leigh… I guess I became confused with the title “General” Discussions… :frowning:

Thanx to the rest!! That probably cleared up a serious dilemma. I’d ask more questions, but… well… you know…

#6

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