Graphic Cards Can Biostar 8400GS work with Gigabyte 785G UD2H mobo (AMD)

shaktiprabha

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I have a Biostar 8400GS graphic card (new) as it was never used.

Can it work with Gigabyte 785G UD2H mobo (AMD) PC.

If not, which I suppose, how much can i sell this graphic card for?

Regards
 
Your friend talks rubbish, I've the same mobo and running a Palit 260GTX on it with AMD x4 940, no issues. the only problem with this mobo, that it has SATA slot facing up, so big cards like mine block mostly all slots.

So does that mean if a mobo has 2 PCI 16 express slots he can fit 2 graphic cards of any company and intel or amd does not matter?

And thanks guys for the info.
 
Two similar cards yes, for example you could pair two 8400GS together or two ATi 4870 together. It does not matter which processor you have. Google and read up on ATi Crossfire and Nvidia SLI,
 
Two similar cards yes, for example you could pair two 8400GS together or two ATi 4870 together. It does not matter which processor you have. Google and read up on ATi Crossfire and Nvidia SLI,

Will Putting 2 cards together double its speed and can 2 different company cards of different powers can combine ?
 
Will Putting 2 cards together double its speed and can 2 different company cards of different powers can combine ?

Yes and no. You see that there are multiple factors like performance scaling, the drivers involved [stability] et al that gets into the play once you mention SLi OR CrossFireX.

Also the answer to the next question is also no, two cards from different companies cannot be put into SLi OR CrossFireX. You need to have two graphics cards from the same company, same family [so essentially same company and same power] to implement SLi / CrossFireX.

Also I doubt the nVidia 8400GS will support SLi. What is the rest of your system configuration [this also plays a BIG part]?
I noticed you have mentioned your motherboard and again it does not support a multi-GPU setup, so this solution is out of the equation for you.

Hope this clears your doubts, Cheerio!!

Two similar cards yes, for example you could pair two 8400GS together or two ATi 4870 together. It does not matter which processor you have.

AMD motherboards lacked SLi support after it bought over ATi [c. 2006], till the advent of the AM3+ platform this year. Also OP cannot SLi two 8400GS [they do not have SLi headers on them].

So does that mean if a mobo has 2 PCI 16 express slots he can fit 2 graphic cards of any company and intel or amd does not matter?

There are a lot of modalities to this Shakti --
  • whether the motherboard / chipset is supportive of SLi / CrossFireX since inception OR uses a seperate controller chip to achieve this.
  • whether the PCIe slots are x16 / x8 OR x4 [after x8 it is pointless to CrossFireX OR SLi cards due to the lack of bandwidth over the bus].
  • Generally most budget Intel offerings only offer CrossFireX support only higher end models supported SLi. AMD motherboards [excluding current generation 9** series] were locked out by nVidia because AMD had acquired their rival ATi in 2006.

I am generalizing all this information a lot, so please google all this and get a more holistic view of the technology.

Hope this helps, Cheerio!!
 
Yes and no. You see that there are multiple factors like performance scaling, the drivers involved [stability] et al that gets into the play once you mention SLi OR CrossFireX.

Also the answer to the next question is also no, two cards from different companies cannot be put into SLi OR CrossFireX. You need to have two graphics cards from the same company, same family [so essentially same company and same power] to implement SLi / CrossFireX.

Also I doubt the nVidia 8400GS will support SLi. What is the rest of your system configuration [this also plays a BIG part]?
I noticed you have mentioned your motherboard and again it does not support a multi-GPU setup, so this solution is out of the equation for you.

Hope this clears your doubts, Cheerio!!



AMD motherboards lacked SLi support after it bought over ATi [c. 2006], till the advent of the AM3+ platform this year. Also OP cannot SLi two 8400GS [they do not have SLi headers on them].



There are a lot of modalities to this Shakti --
  • whether the motherboard / chipset is supportive of SLi / CrossFireX since inception OR uses a seperate controller chip to achieve this.
  • whether the PCIe slots are x16 / x8 OR x4 [after x8 it is pointless to CrossFireX OR SLi cards due to the lack of bandwidth over the bus].
  • Generally most budget Intel offerings only offer CrossFireX support only higher end models supported SLi. AMD motherboards [excluding current generation 9** series] were locked out by nVidia because AMD had acquired their rival ATi in 2006.

I am generalizing all this information a lot, so please google all this and get a more holistic view of the technology.

Hope this helps, Cheerio!!

Thanks dear, I was just asking for the information and pls do tell for how much can my sell my 8400 biostar graphic card currently.
 
Thanks dear, I was just asking for the information and pls do tell for how much can my sell my 8400 biostar graphic card currently.

Depending on how old it is, how much it has been used / abused... better than selling it will be --
1. keeping it as a standby card in case your new card decides to take a hike.
2. giving it in charity to some folks who are building a used / second hand PC as their primary desktop.
3. if you are really, really desperate to sell it, you will not get more than ~500/- quid for this card [I am being really optimistic].

Hope this answers your query, Shakti. Cheerio!!
 
Well #ALPHA17 has probably answered everything you'd want to know. It's best if you just google though since like he said we are generalizing to a great extent, so you'll probably learn a lot more that way.
 
Thanks to all of you for the help. I have just put the card on my PC and it is working file except that it is asking for drivers. are these the correct drivers?

V8402GS56 :: VGA :: BIOSTAR

I want drivers as after its installation, it has overtaken my mobo drivers.
Pls help........

Secondly, pls tell if this GC can be Overclocked.
 
Get your drivers from here Drivers - Download NVIDIA Drivers would not recommend overclocking the card. It seems like it has passive cooling which may not be good enough for overclocking. If you are looking to play games with that card, you'll probably have to crank everything to low @ 800 x 600.
 
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