Radeon 6770 - compatible with my spec?

[TheKeir]

Hey,

I am going to buy a desktop from PCS tonight, and this is its current state.

Case
COOLERMASTER ELITE 310 BLUE CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD A4-3400 APU (2.7GHz, 2 Cores) & AMD Radeon™ HD 6410D Graphics
Motherboard
ASUS® F1A55-M LE: FM1 A-SERIES, SATA 3.0GB/s, USB 2.0
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
1GB AMD RADEON™ HD6770 - DVI,HDMI,VGA - DX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
500GB SATA-II 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (XD, MS, CF, SD, etc) + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Power Supply
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£29)
Processor Cooling
STANDARD AMD CPU COOLER
Sound Card
ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Facilities
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps PCI CARD (£16)
USB Options
6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
FREE Microsoft® Office Starter 2010 (Limited functionality Word & Excel)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days


My budget has now increased, so I am thinking of getting the 6770 not the 6670 graphics card. the configurator has not seen any problems with it, however I was looking at the AMD website and it says the 6770 gpu needs a PCI-E networking card. However I cannot get this, only the PCI card not PCI-E, due to the motherboard, and this configurator only has one motherboard.

Will the graphics card work?

Many thanks

TheKeir

P.s. I know I forgot to mention the £5 silver warranty

 

[Corfate]

If the configurator says it will, then it will

 

[Wozza63]

personally, id get an i3, much better value for money and probably not much more

 

[TheKeir]

If the configurator says it will, then it will

Great, thanks! Gonna order it now then ^_^ can't wait for it to arrive.

 

[Rakk]

so I am thinking of getting the 6770 not the 6670 graphics card. the configurator has not seen any problems with it, however I was looking at the AMD website and it says the 6770 gpu needs a PCI-E networking card.

I suspect you slightly misread it and it probably claimed it needed a PCI-E slot for the graphics card *, since there is no way a graphics card would need a network card to work

*which the motherboard will have, though probably not very many which is why you cant have the PCI-E network card

 

[TheKeir]

I did indeed think it was weird that a graphics card needed a networking card to work, but I didn't realise PCI-E could be for anything else. That really clears things up for me, Rakk, thanks.