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| Mummelmann said: I saw a marked down 6850 at my regular electronics and PC store, I think I may go for that! Anyone know the dimensions on it? Also, will it work on my P5B? I'm not sure it can handle the bus and DX11 chipsets to be honest. |
I don't think it should be a problem unless it's a dual chipset card (I don't really know), in which case I simply don't know though I imagine it should work. I'm not 100% here though, but I don't see any reason why it would not work. Most, if not all, motherboards that are newer than 2005 or so, probably have a PCI-Ex16 slot (IIRC P5B has) and that's really all your motherboard needs to support. DX11 has nothing to do it. As for how it fits in your case, I have no idea. Look up for the dimensions somewhere, they're bound to be easily found.
Also, if you're going for more than 4GB of RAM, you're not probably getting 64-bit but for sure, because the 4GB max is not a limitation of XP, it's a limitation of the 32-bit system. You need a 64-bit system to take advantage of more than 4GB.
As for your memory, you said your motherboard supports DDR2. Then that's what you want to get unless you're upgrading your CPU as well, which I believe you did not mention doing. Anyway, your Asus P5B seems to support up to 8BG of RAM so it should be fine. The manufacturer doesn't really matter. Like you said, Corsair and Kingdom are good but just about any memory should do fine. Take the cheapest. Also, make sure it's not ECC (ie. it's non-ECC) and not some SODIMM (laptop memory; regular DIMM is fine). But overall, it's pretty easy to pick RAM.
Also, don't count on my word. If I were getting an upgrade, I'd definitely look up for some more confirmation about this. That said, I wouldn't look too long and I'd just try if it works because it most likely will. Plus I might be over-careful so these are probably pretty safe words I have here.
