Q: Hi awesome people of newegg, does a PCI Express 3.0 work with a Motherboard that supports PCI Express 2.0? The mother board in mind is a: ASRock 990FX Extreme3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS. I'm new to building pc's but I know the basics, please answer quickly. Thanks!

Yes it does. The MSI R7850 is backward compatible with the PCI Express 2.0 slot. I am running it in a Asus M4A78-3 motherboard that has PCI Express 2.0. The MSI R7850 is one super graphic card. I play lots of game online and I love it. It also works good for everyday use.

Q: I have an enermax liberty (ELT500AWT) 500w power supply. will it support this video card?

It uses a 6 pin adapter for power. It comes with a 6 pin to molex adapter. As long as you have 2 spare molex connectors or a six pin available, you should be fine. I'm running this card on 500w supply myself.

Q: will this card work in a pcie 2.0x16 slot?

Yes it will. The card supports PCIe 3.0x16, but it's backwards compatible to work with PCIe 2.0x16 and 1.0x16.

Q: What (watt) power supply is required? the specs state less than 130 watts. I need a fast graphics card that will work with a 300 watt power supply. Must be fully compatible with a HP a6750 Pavilion PC with Windows Vista home edition. AMD Phenom 9650 quad core processor. If you have a faster graphics cars that will plug in to my computer I will also consider them too. I prefer to not have to update the on board power supply.

The 130 watts is probably the max power draw of just the graphics card, you have to consider the power draw of the entire system. They usually recommend 500 watts for most systems with a decent gpu. That being said, I'm running this same card in a system with a Phenom II x4 with a 430 watt psu and haven't run into problems yet. 300 watts sounds pretty low however, especially if it's not a real high quality psu. You could always try it out, but if you really want to step into computer gaming, I would suggest buying a nicer psu with more watts.

Q: Can this video card be used with 4 monitors in extended mode? Looking to build a pc with 4 montiors.

A bit more information for your request: "for eyefinity you have to have 6 monitors with the same screen size eg: 24inch 16x9 and the same resolution! if they are all different like yours then it wont really work properly as all the full HDTV's would have to be set to 1680x1050! only other way would be to have 2 graphics cards 1 to power the 4 HDTV's as a eyefinity display groop if they are all the same and another to power the 2 HP Compaq LA2205wg as extends! as eyefinity doesnt work with miss matched resolutions and screen areas!" Which I found here when researching my purchase: https://forum-en.msi dot com/index.php?topic=164754.0

Question 1

Your photo shows a Cross fire bridge, But in the list of package contents it is not listed so witch is it?

Accepted Answer

Mine came with the CrossFire bridge in the box. I pulled out my box to see if it was listed there and what I found was that it is listed on the upc code sticker that you send in for the rebate but not the package itself. So yes it does come with it probably an oversight when the packaging was printed.

Question 2

What size power supply is needed for this video card?
I have a 300 watt in a Dell XPS.

Accepted Answer

It's pretty dependent on the rest of your components and the power supply compatibility.

You'd need to make sure you have the necessary 6-pin PCIe connector on the power supply (if the system didn't come with a discrete PCI Express graphics card, you may not have this, but considering it's a Dell XPS system it probably does).

The specifications show that consumption is <130w, so that's at least the overhead you'd want on your current draw. Something like a Kill-A-Watt meter might come in handy here, to see if you have that sort of overhead on your current system (this also takes power supply efficiency into account, since you're measuring draw from the grid to the power supply, and not draw from the supply to your components) - be sure to perform this test under a higher load activity you'd be performing (gaming, rendering, etc.). If you don't have one of these meters, it might just be prudent to get a new power supply in the 500w ballpark, which are relatively inexpensive and would give you overhead for future growth.

Question 3

Hi awesome people of newegg, does a PCI Express 3.0 work with a Motherboard that supports PCI Express 2.0? The mother board in mind is a: ASRock 990FX Extreme3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS.

I'm new to building pc's but I know the basics, please answer quickly. Thanks!

Accepted Answer

Yes it does. The MSI R7850 is backward compatible with the PCI Express 2.0 slot. I am running it in a Asus  M4A78-3 motherboard that has PCI Express 2.0. The MSI R7850 is one super graphic card. I play lots of game online and I love it. It also works good for everyday use.

Question 4

I have an enermax liberty (ELT500AWT) 500w power supply.
will it support this video card?

Accepted Answer

It uses a 6 pin adapter for power. It comes with a 6 pin to molex adapter. As long as you have 2 spare molex connectors or a six pin available, you should be fine.
I'm running this card on 500w supply myself.

Question 5

will this card work in a pcie 2.0x16 slot?

Accepted Answer

Yes it will. The card supports PCIe 3.0x16, but it's backwards compatible to work with PCIe 2.0x16 and 1.0x16.

Question 6

What (watt) power supply is required? the specs state less than 130 watts.  I need a fast graphics card that will work with a 300 watt power supply.

Must be fully compatible with a HP a6750 Pavilion PC with Windows Vista home edition.  AMD Phenom 9650 quad core processor.

If you have a faster graphics cars that will plug in to my computer I will also consider them too.  I prefer to not have to update the on board power supply.

Accepted Answer

The 130 watts is probably the max power draw of just the graphics card, you have to consider the power draw of the entire system. They usually recommend 500 watts for most systems with a decent gpu. That being said, I'm running this same card in a system with a Phenom II x4 with a 430 watt psu and haven't run into problems yet. 300 watts sounds pretty low however, especially if it's not a real high quality psu. You could always try it out, but if you really want to step into computer gaming, I would suggest buying a nicer psu with more watts.

Question 7

Can this video card be used with 4 monitors in extended mode?  Looking to build a pc with 4 montiors.

Accepted Answer

A bit more information for your request:

"for eyefinity you have to have 6 monitors with the same screen size eg: 24inch 16x9 and the same resolution!

if they are all different like yours then it wont really work properly as all the full HDTV's would have to be set to 1680x1050!

only other way would be to have 2 graphics cards 1 to power the 4 HDTV's  as a eyefinity display groop if they are all the same and another to power the 2 HP Compaq LA2205wg as extends! as eyefinity doesnt work with miss matched resolutions and screen areas!"

Which I found here when researching my purchase:
https://forum-en.msi dot com/index.php?topic=164754.0

Brand	MSI
Model	R7850-2GD5/OC

Chipset Manufacturer	AMD
GPU	Radeon HD 7850
Core Clock	900 MHz
Stream Processors	1024 Stream Processors

Effective Memory Clock	4800 MHz
Memory Size	2GB
Memory Interface	256-Bit
Memory Type	GDDR5

DirectX	DirectX 11
OpenGL	OpenGL 4.2

HDMI	1 x HDMI
DisplayPort	2 x Mini DisplayPort
DVI	1 x DVI

MSI Radeon HD 7850 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card R7850-2GD5/OC

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RAMDAC	400MHz
Max Resolution	2560 x 1600
Eyefinity Support	Yes
CrossFireX Support	Yes
Cooler	With Fan
System Requirements	TDP: <130W
Power Connector	6-Pin
Dual-Link DVI Supported	Yes
HDCP Ready	Yes

Card Dimensions (L x H)	7.95" x 4.53" x 1.5"
Slot Width	2 Slots

Item#: N82E16814127727