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I have about 5 years old motherboard GA-MA790FXT-UD5P, and I'm thinking of upgrading graphics card. I would like to know that are there any reasons that any modern graphics card wouldn't be compatible with my motherboard? My PSU Seasonic  S12II-500 500W ATX 2.2.

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  • Your motherboard has two PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots. This means any graphic card that requiress less then say a 400W power supply can be installed in your system. But this sort of question isn't really on topic here at Superuser. I suggest something a website with a discussion forum dedecated to computer hardware for this type of question.
    – Ramhound
    Feb 5, 2014 at 18:47
  • Ok, I just searched and saw similar questions, so I assumed it's ok to ask. And obviously you know something about this issue, so where is the harm? Do you know any similar place where I could ask questions like this?
    – newbie
    Feb 5, 2014 at 18:57
  • Your current question asks if they is any reason that any graphics card wouldn't be compatible. I can list tons of cards that would not be compatible with your current hardware. What exactly is your question? A PCI-E 2.0 graphics card will be supported by your hardware. PCI-E 3.0 is backwards compatible. This question seems better suited for a discussion board since it really requires a discussion about your exact hardware.
    – Ramhound
    Feb 5, 2014 at 19:05
  • Not really related to exact hardware, more like PCI 2.0 hardware. So now I now that I could use some PCI-E 3.0 cards, because those are backwards compatible, make sure that card doesn't require power connectors and that it requires less than 400W power supply. So somebody else could also need this information.
    – newbie
    Feb 6, 2014 at 6:58

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Seems like your motherboard supports PCI 2.0. Most modern video cards are PCI 3.0 and PCI 3.0 video cards are backwards compatible with PCI 2.0 motherboards.

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  • Yes, but make sure that your PSU can provide enough current and that the graphics card doesn't require two 8-pin power connectors.
    – user55325
    Feb 5, 2014 at 19:29

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