People who want to collect computer cases need to check the compatibility of the parts they will buy with each other. Before making a purchase, it is very important to learn what motherboards support, which allows all hardware, especially RAM, processor, graphics card and SSD, to be directly connected and interact with each other. We also share the answer to the question of how to check the motherboard video card compatibility, with the steps.
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How to learn the graphics card details, which are among the parts that gamers and professionals care most about on a computer?
What is motherboard video card compatibility? How to check?
All graphics cards and motherboards released today use a type of connection called PCIe or PCI Express. Therefore, it is unlikely that you will have such a problem when you buy devices that have been on sale in the last few years.
But if you have a relatively older video card or motherboard, it may be using the bus connection type known as AGP Express. However, it is not something to worry about. Because the motherboard graphics card compatibility can be understood quite easily.
First, we can look at the codes written around the inputs on the motherboard. For example, in the photo above, it is stated that there is an AGP Express port right next to the relevant port. In the photo below, we see a relatively new motherboard. It has PCI, x1 PCI Express and x16 PCI Express ports. Here, the area where we will connect our video card will be the x16 input.
Of course, if we are buying a motherboard that we have never seen, and similarly, if we have not had the chance to see and try the graphics card before, we can find relevant information on the manufacturers’ websites.
For example, if you want to buy NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1060 graphics card and MSI B450M-A Pro VDH motherboard, we can check the technical information of the related products on NVIDIA’s and MSI’s sites and find out whether it is using x16 PCIe or AGP Express port.
In addition, you can download the GPU-Z application by clicking here. In this way, you can access all data about your video card, and view the related connection type on the application’s pop-up window.
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