Question 1

Will this fit in a mid size tower?

Accepted Answer

Absolutely. It is actually one of the smaller cards I've seen and it fit with plenty of room in my mid sized case.

Question 2

Is it backwards compatible with PCI Express x16 (2.0)?

Accepted Answer

Answer to Billy, Nicholas K:, Colin, and all that responded to question about the backwards compatibility of Evga GTX650 card in PCI-E X16 2.0 slot. Took me long time to learn type of PCI-EX16 in my 2007 Dell XPS-410. I also wished to know if GTX 650 Evga in my older motherboard would also upgrade to new motherboard without problems and maybe work better? Wanted to stay with brand of video card that have had good performance with and possibly run SLI if wanted. When installed new Evga Ge Force GTS-450 over standard XPS 410 video card performance was and is great. Card has lasted 6 years zero problems. 
Wes B.

Question 3

Will this card go into 1  PCI Express x16?

Accepted Answer

What I got from a friend who knows more about it than I do:
"Not sure what they mean by go into one PCI express x16. If they mean one slot, the it will only take up 1 PCI slot on the motherboard, but it takes up two spaces in the back of the case. If they're asking about if it will fit in a non-PCIe 3.0 slot (like a 2.0 slot), then yes it will but it won't run at full speed."

Question 4

I'm am as about a noob to graphics cards as it gets.  All I want to know is:  Will it help remove some lag from Starcraft?  I have 6 gb ram, 64-bit laptop, and it doesnt lag at all in the first stages of the match, but after a while, I'll start getting around 20 fps, so wouls this be recommended for me?  Thanks!

Accepted Answer

Well, from your comment "I have 6 gb ram, 64-bit laptop..." seems to make it pretty clear that you are using a laptop... I haven't used a laptop in YEARS (Or, infact, really stayed informed about them) but I am 99.9% sure that there is no way for this card to be physically INSTALLED in your laptop. Last I knew, it was pretty rare for laptops to have up-gradable video cards in the first place, and those were pretty specialized mini video cards. This thing is probably thicker than your average laptop. I doubt if it would physically fit into a laptop, even if your laptop were somehow equipped with a standard PCI-e slot, which I also doubt.

Sorry. It most likely would help, but alas... I doubt it's compatible with your hardware.

Question 5

Curious if it will worn in a PCI express 2.0 x 16 slot as my mobo doesn't have the 3.0?

Accepted Answer

Yes, it will work fine in my PCI Express 2.0 x 16 slot.  I have not had any problems with it at all and it has sped up my pages loading working on my websites.  Very nice card.

Question 6

will it work with an amd?

Accepted Answer

AMD processors and chipsets work fine with nVidia cards.

In fact, the nVidia drivers on both Windows and Linux have been updated to take advantage if the IOMMU feature on newer processors to handle mapping DMA access.  More AMD processors have this feature than Intel processors.

As of an AMD secondary video card, you can use an AMD card and nVidia card at once in Windows, however the nVidia Physx API used by some games can't use GPU acceleration in this setup.   You can find details about this online.

Question 7

I am looking for a motherboard and most all I see say the are PCI Express 2.0 16 yet this card is PCI Express 3.0 16, will it work in a PCI Express 2.0 slot?

Accepted Answer

Run at two speed? LOL, this card will work in a 2.0 slot and you will lose about 1-2 FPS in games if that.
This has already been tested, benched and proven that 2.0 is not even saturated yet.

Question 8

how much power does this model  of the GTX 650 use?

Accepted Answer

it's 64W but when deciding also consider the psu you have now and the hardware you currently have that draws power.  it's why some recommend 400W or 500W+ psu's

Question 9

Does the unit come with a HDMI mini to HDMI adapter?

Accepted Answer

No, unfortunately it does not.  I am currently looking for one to buy.

Question 10

will it install on a pci 2 motherboard?

Accepted Answer

It has been tested and proven at some top tech sites that there is only a 1% difference between 2.0 and 3.0 and they were using a GTX680.
2.0 is not saturated with current GPU's.

For this card you won't see any difference at all if you are running it by itself in 16x.

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