Will this 9600GT work with my mobo?

[cyphergreen]

Hello all. My 7900 (not an XFX btw) is starting to go haywire, so I need a new card. I've been thinking about getting a XFX GeForce 9600GT 512MB DDR3 XT.

Will this card work with my mobo? Here are the specs for it:

GA-8N-SLI Pro

CPU

LGA775 Intel® Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 processor
Supports 1066/800/533MHz FSB

Chipset

Northbridge: NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Intel® Edition
Southbridge: NVIDIA MCP04
T.I. IEEE1394b controller
Marvell 88E8111 Gigabit LAN PHY chip
Realtek ALC850 AC'97 Audio Codec

Memory

Type: Dual channel DDR2 533/ 667 -240pin
Max capacity: Up to 8GB by 4 DIMM slots

Internal I/O Connectors

4 x Serial ATA II connector (Bandwidth 3.0Gb/s)
2 x UDMA ATA 133/100/66 Bus Master IDE connectors
1 x FDD connector
3 x USB 2.0/1.1 connectors (supports 6 ports)
2 x IEEE 1394b connectors (supports 3 ports)
3 x cooling fan pin headers
1 x S/P-DIF input pin header
CD in

Expansion Slots

2 x PCIe X 16 slot, supports two PCI-Express interface Graphics cards with SLI mode
2 x PCIe X 1 slots
2 x PCI slots (PCI 2.3 compliant)

Back Panel Connectors

4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports
1 x RJ45 ports
Audio (4 x Line-out/ 1 x Line-in/ 1 x MIC) connector
Coaxial S/PDIF output
Optical fiber S/PDIF output
PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse
1 x COM port
1 x LPT

Form Factor

ATX form factor
30.5 x 24.4 cm

H/W Monitoring

System health status auto-detect and report by BIOS
Hardware detecting and reporting for case open, CPU voltage, and fan speed

BIOS

2 X 4M bit flash ROM, Award BIOS

Other Features

NVIDIA SLI multi-GPU support
Support NVIDIA Firewall
Norton Internet Security
XpressTM Installation
XpressTM Recovery
C.I.A. 2 (CPU Intelligent Accelerator 2)
M.I.B. 2 (Memory Intelligent Booster 2)
EasyTune™ 5
M.I.T. (Motherboard Intelligent Tweaker)
S.O.S. (System Overclock Saver)
Download Center



I hope you guys can help. Thanks!

[Miker]

You should be fine.

[XFXTechSupport]

That should work without issues, I actually don't know of any motherboards that a 9600GT wont work in, as long as the motherboard has a PCI-E slot and you have a 6 pin power connector from your PSU it should be ok.

[cyphergreen]

Okay, thanks guys! I run XP... this shouldn't be a problem either, right?

[XFX Tech]

Nope. Anything Windows 2000 and later should be fine.

[cyphergreen]

Thanks! Just ordered my card now!

[Miker]

It won't work in a VIA PCI-e 1.0 Mobo with out a BIOS update, or was that only the 8800s?

It would be a good idea to update your mobo BIOS anyway.

[XFX Tech]

The 9600GT will work with VIA boards. The chip on those are a little trickier so it gets around the incompatibility by reverting to PCIE 1.1 when it doesn't get contact from the board, or something like that.

[Miker]

The 9600GT will work with VIA boards. The chip on those are a little trickier so it gets around the incompatibility by reverting to PCIE 1.1 when it doesn't get contact from the board, or something like that.

Kk. :-)

[cyphergreen]

One final question, guys!

I'm wondering if my PSU can handle the card... I wrote down the specs as listed on the PSU itself. It should be said that I have 2 harddrives connected to it already.

ATX V12 Power Supply
DC Output 5v=40A
+12v=16A
+3,3v=35A
+12v2=18A

-5v=0
-12=0,5A
+5vsb=2,5A
PG

Output Watts=500W
+5v
+3,3V
180W

Once again, thanks! You have been very helpful so far.

[Miker]

Yes, just make sure the 12v 18a is going to the GPU.

[redalf]

i have a similar problem. i hope it worked out for you better thant me. when i try to install an xfx nvidia 9600gt on my mobo which has the same chip set, my system does not boot. Only fans spins and lights come on. my first psu had 22A on the +12V rail and could not boot it. So i bought a second one thermaltake with 2 +12v @ 15A and 14A and still the system could not boot. nothing on screen. only fans spinning. I have been online all day looking for a soluion but havent got any. i am open to suggestions . anyone?
cpu amd 64 x2 4200+
mobo ga-m55sli-s4
igb ram ddr2 800mhz
2 ide hard d
2 dvdrw xp pro sp2
board boots with evga 6200le tc

[XFX Tech]

Can you test the card in another system? I would hate to go through a bunch of testing if it turned out to only be a faulty card. Does another card work in this system?

[redalf]

Yes the card works on store's system. and get this works on my mobo only when I put the mobo is sli mode even though I am running one card. Waiting on gigabyte for an answer. Can anyone here explain why this happens?

[mivanx77]

Nope. Anything Windows 2000 and later should be fine.

lawl.

[Jackhole]

Does your mobo have a PCIeX16 slot? Then yeah it works.

[XFX Tech]

Do you have another card that works in the first PCIE slot? It could be a faulty slot. Those aren't common but I have personally had one before.

[redalf]

The answer is yes. The mobo does have 2 16x pcie slots and I do have a previous vga card that works in the slot. It's a evga nvidia 6200 le with tc.:help: the 9600gt still only boots if the bord is in sli mode.