I want to upgrade?can y up

emiltoma78 · Jun 2, 2012, 02:13 PM

I HAVE AN ECS PT 880 PRO-A motherboard with processor intel p4 3.0 ghz ht,ddr 2 gb-dual channel,psu-atx500w,harddisk wd 500 gb.I WANT TO NOW CAN I UPGRADE MY GRAPHIC CARD ON THIS BOARD.I WANT TO NOW THAT GIGABYTE GT 440 ITS COMPATYBLE WITH MOTHER BOARD.ACTUALLY I USE AN ATI HD 3450 512 MB DDR2.GIGABYTE GT 440 HAS 1GB DDR3.ALL IS PCI EXPRESS 2.0.

THE BIOS IS LATEST 08/03/2006 ON VIA VT 8237

Maban · Jun 2, 2012, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by emiltoma78

I HAVE AN ECS PT 880 PRO-A motherboard with processor intel p4 3.0 ghz ht,ddr 2 gb-dual channel,psu-atx500w,harddisk wd 500 gb.I WANT TO NOW CAN I UPGRADE MY GRAPHIC CARD ON THIS BOARD.I WANT TO NOW THAT GIGABYTE GT 440 ITS COMPATYBLE WITH MOTHER BOARD.ACTUALLY I USE AN ATI HD 3450 512 MB DDR2.GIGABYTE GT 440 HAS 1GB DDR3.ALL IS PCI EXPRESS 2.0.

THE BIOS IS LATEST 08/03/2006 ON VIA VT 8237

The PT880 is a picky chipset when it comes to PCI-E compatibility. I doubt that BIOS would support a GT 440. I had to get a modded BIOS for my ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA to accept an HD4850. Either way, you'd probably be limited by your CPU/RAM.

And please, stop shouting.

emiltoma78 · Jun 2, 2012, 02:22 PM

Anyone help me please

Law-II · Jun 2, 2012, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by emiltoma78

Anyone help me please

Hi

the story begins here - http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=166675

+1 Maban "I doubt that BIOS would support a GT 440"

nb: @emiltoma; try not to write in upper case it makes it look like you are shouting

Edit: Add-In card section; look here - http://www.pcisig.com/developers/com...tors_list/pcie there could be an issue with PCIe 1.0a support and the NVIDIA GT 440 chipset! it dose not appear on this list as a compliant part.

Edit: In answer to your question

Quote:

Originally Posted by emiltoma78

I want to now that GIGABYTE GT 440 its compatyble with mother board

? No the Gigabyte GT 440 is not compatible with the ECS PT 880 PRO-A motherboard.

atb

Law-II

FreedomEclipse · Jun 2, 2012, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by emiltoma78

Anyone help me please

Maban provided the best answer you are probably going to get on these forums.

I dont think anyone can help you with what you are looking for as i doubt anyone has that board anymore or tested it with more modern graphic cards.

Only way to find out is for you yourself to give it a go.

Jun 2, 2012, 02:13 PM	#1
emiltoma78 Join Date: May 2012 Location: bucharest/ROMANIA Posts: 36 (0.09/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post System Specs	I want to upgrade?can y up I HAVE AN ECS PT 880 PRO-A motherboard with processor intel p4 3.0 ghz ht,ddr 2 gb-dual channel,psu-atx500w,harddisk wd 500 gb.I WANT TO NOW CAN I UPGRADE MY GRAPHIC CARD ON THIS BOARD.I WANT TO NOW THAT GIGABYTE GT 440 ITS COMPATYBLE WITH MOTHER BOARD.ACTUALLY I USE AN ATI HD 3450 512 MB DDR2.GIGABYTE GT 440 HAS 1GB DDR3.ALL IS PCI EXPRESS 2.0. THE BIOS IS LATEST 08/03/2006 ON VIA VT 8237

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System Name:	TommY
Processor:	Intel i3 550 3.20 ghz
Motherboard:	Foxconn h55 mxv-le
Cooling:	Stock fan and zalman 80 mm fan+Intel RTS2011LC liquid cooling
Memory:	8 gb ram dual channel/kingmax and elite team
Video Card:	NVIDIA GT 440
Hard Disk:	WESTERN DIGITAL 500 GB CAVIAR BLUE
Optical Drive:	Samsung super writemaster/speed plus-sata
CRT/LCD Model:	ACER AL1916W
Case:	stock case
Sound Card:	realtek onboard
PSU:	segotep rp650w/raynor power
Software:	Windows 7 ultimate 32bit

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Jun 2, 2012, 02:22 PM	#3
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