[gentoo-user] OT: PowerColor HD 7850 SCS3 silent

[gentoo-user] OT: PowerColor HD 7850 SCS3 silent

[James]

Hello,

Well, I'm trying to reseach a 7850 slilent the silent
video card on an Gentoo based GA-99FXA-UD3 mobo.

I've had Asus Radeons HD 7750 in these mobo, and it
is an outstanding bargain workstation.

The PowerColor  HD 7850 SCS3  seems to be getting really good
reviews, for the cost. I think it now comes in a 2 GB
of memory.  This card says it is PCI-3.0 compliant.
I cannot find if the mobo I have (GA-99FXA-UD3) has
PCI 3 (16) ?

Will the card work anyway? Or should I wait until I get 
a PCI 3.0 based mobo?

What I want is a silent video card, that can also drive dual
heads (nothing graphically intensive).

All comments are welcome (note: I'm an ardent AMD-Radeon consumer).

Tia,
James

[1] http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3894#ov

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: PowerColor HD 7850 SCS3 silent

[Volker Armin Hemmann]

Am 10.10.2013 21:10, schrieb James:
> Hello,
>
> Well, I'm trying to reseach a 7850 slilent the silent
> video card on an Gentoo based GA-99FXA-UD3 mobo.
>
> I've had Asus Radeons HD 7750 in these mobo, and it
> is an outstanding bargain workstation.
>
> The PowerColor  HD 7850 SCS3  seems to be getting really good
> reviews, for the cost. I think it now comes in a 2 GB
> of memory.  This card says it is PCI-3.0 compliant.
> I cannot find if the mobo I have (GA-99FXA-UD3) has
> PCI 3 (16) ?

that does not matter in any way.
>
> Will the card work anyway? Or should I wait until I get 
> a PCI 3.0 based mobo?

it will work. pcie is compatible between revisions.

btw, it is PCIE not PCI. Completely different thing.

[gentoo-user] Re: OT: PowerColor HD 7850 SCS3 silent

[James]

Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin <at> googlemail.com> writes:


> > Will the card work anyway? Or should I wait until I get 
> > a PCI 3.0 based mobo?

> it will work. pcie is compatible between revisions.

> btw, it is PCIE not PCI. Completely different thing.

Yep....tired....

PCIe too.....

thx,
James