Ati radeon x1200

[ohsnap9]

Hey first post :3

I have an intergrated Radeon x1200 in my computer, when i surf in Device manager ( right click computer/ property ) it says its a PCI, but my friend passed me a PCI-E card and it worked fine, i could of installed it. but now im going to buy a Geforce gt 240 and it says its a PCI-E 2.0.... Would it work with my computer ? ( 2005 acer aspire desktop )

thanks again.

[David (PassMark)]

PCI-E 2.0 cards should work with PCI-E 1.0 motherboards. And the other way around. See,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Exp...CI_Express_2.0

There is also the issue of number of lanes. While there is compatibility between PCI-E x1, x4, x8 and x16, you won't get optimal performance unless the motherboard supports the max number of lanes the card supports.

I think the GT240 is PCI-E 2.0 x16