Question 1

Does this come with everything needed for installation (e.g. all connecting cables)?

Accepted Answer

Yes.  It comes with a CD with drivers and software, a DVI to VGA adapter and a 4 pin to 6 pin power adapter cable.  Note: if you are replacing an existing NVidia card with this on and your drivers are up-to-date, when you install the drivers from the CD you will most likely be installing older drivers so check which version you have before doing the install(the installation software will tell you what version it is about to install when you run the program).

Question 2

Will PCI 3.0 Video cards work in PCI 2.0 Slots?

Accepted Answer

I used a PCI 3.0 slot but the included documentation states that the card is backwards compatible with either PCI Express or PCI Express 2.0.  You will need to refer to the EVGA documentation detail.

Question 3

What size power supply would be best with this device?

Accepted Answer

This is a lower-wattage pulling card, so you could comfortably run it on a 450W-500W power supply, and still have a bit of power left over.
I'd recommend a 600W card however, because then if you upgrade cards later, you'll have the power supply already in place to do so, and they're not much more expensive.

Question 4

Hi !

I have an XFX 680i SLI motherboard - anyone know if this is compatible or not ?? 
XFX is no longer in business so I cant ask them ...

Accepted Answer

It is indeed compatible, it's a short card so you shouldn't have size issues either.

Question 5

How good is this compared to a 550ti 1gb?

Accepted Answer

I have tried two (2) GeForce 650Ti's and have RMA both. I await my 3rd. Hopefully it will work ok. First one would distort the screen after a short while. Call to techs (very helpful and hassle free) said to return it. Second has made my mouse not work well after 10 min or so and the screen goes dark from driver failure. Techs again said to RMA it. Costs money each time!!  So I can't really answer your question if better than 550 ti.

I have Win 7 with 4th gen Intel CPU & Maximus IV Hero Asus mother board. I use video for photo editing.

Question 6

I have older MSI P55-GD65 mb. 2 PCI-E 16 2.0 for cards so this should fit and as I see will run slower because of bandwith. I am  looking to connect two monitors a want to be sure this will handle it. This graphics card may be more than I need for photo editing and graphics but I need modern OpenGL 2.0 or higher. I have been constrained lately by SSD and this MB and I have a perfectly good running Lynnfield LGA 1156 setup. if I was to ever buy a better mother board processer to get SSD It would kill two birds with one stone.
So 1.. can I get two monitors connected and detected and
 2... any way of connecting a SSD drive to this board?

Accepted Answer

I have two monitors connected, both running at 1920x1080. I bought it because I needed a better video card for Photoshop, After Effects, and other graphics programs.

An SSD is a drive just like a hard disk which connects to a motherboard. It doesn't connect to the video card.

I looked up your mb and you can connect SSD drives to it since it has SATA II (3GB/s).

Question 7

How many mm is the fan?

Accepted Answer

I don't know for certain, but when I installed it, the fan seemed to be about 80mm

Question 8

Will this work in my AMD Athalon Duel Core Processor 4450se 2.30 GHZ.  with 3.0 ram. 32 bit, already using NVIDA GeForce 6150se
NForce 430?

Accepted Answer

This should work with any AMD board and processor. I've been using EVGA cards for a long time now and I only have AMD equipment. As always when dealing with computer equipment there is a slight chance that something will not co-exist well with a new piece of hardware but those are slim.

Question 9

Is this GPU capable of linking (SLI) with another GPU of the same type?

Accepted Answer

No, this GPU does not support SLI, it doesn't have the top edge connector for a SLI bridge.

It is however a very nice card for those not looking for SLI. The performance is great and I've had no problems in the time I've owned mine.

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