On 2023-10-13, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > As most likely know, I'm in the process of building a new rig and > putting a couple older systems to use. Most of my mobos support > PCIe-x16 2.0 for video cards. I found a Nvidia NVS 510 that has four > mini HDMI outputs. Research claims those are for multiple monitors, in > other words not cloned. I can use mini HDMI to regular HDMI adapters > easy enough. I found a website that lists Nvidia cards and I think this > will suite my needs rather well. I currently have a GeForce GTX 650 and > it works just fine but it is older. While this 510 isn't a spring > chicken by any means, it seems to be a little younger. On my newer rig, > it will likely be PCI 3.0. Will this card work in it as well? In other > words, are they backward compatible? I think I've read that mobos are > but want to be sure.
Yes, PCIe cards are supposed to be backwards compatible with older PCIe implementations on motherboards and vice-versa. Be warned: I went through a couple generations of NVS-3xx cards. I had to recycle both of them because NVidea driver support stopped long before I had any real reason to replace either of the boards. [I could never get the open-source driver to work.] After being forced to replace a second perfectly servicable NVidia card, I swore never to by NVidia again. -- Grant
