People who want to collect a computer case should 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.
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.
AGP Express
But if you have a slightly older graphics 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 of all, 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’re buying a motherboard we’ve never seen, similarly, if we haven’t had a 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 related products on NVIDIA’s and MSI’s sites and find out if it is using x16 PCIe or AGP Express port. .
Additionally, you can download the GPU-Z app 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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