a gtx 660 on a old (6 year) pc?

[ToriiTheAnt]

I have a intel dualcore, 4gb of ram, a 500W PSU and soon a 120 ssd, windows 7 and a graphics card. My first GPU actually haha.

Does any these components (cpu, ram...) matter when it comes to the performance of this card?

A friend told me that a 2gb gpu will not work on my pc. I mean, I know 2gb Gpu are for things like higher resolutions and the Antialiasing stuff, but only that.

Thanks in advance to everyone

 

[Deleted member 362816]

That graphics card is going to be bottle-necked by that old of a system but its still better then nothing.

usally only cpu and power supply matter

 

[jnkweaver]

Is it 32bit or 64bit Win 7? I ask because you are limited to 4BG on 32bit and the GPU memory is included. That means if you are 32 bit and get a 2GB card you will only have 2GB useable of system memory (Ram).

 

[Ironsounds]

Hello... Yes the Video Card will work if you have The Slot for it...

 

[ToriiTheAnt]

Is it 32bit or 64bit Win 7? I ask because you are limited to 4BG on 32bit and the GPU memory is included. That means if you are 32 bit and get a 2GB card you will only have 2GB useable of system memory (Ram).

I'm going to install a 64bit win7 home premium when the ssd (maybe along with the card) arrives.Whoa I actually didn´t know gpu memory was affected by that too. I thought it was just RAM haha

 

[ToriiTheAnt]

Hello... Yes the Video Card will work if you have The Slot for it...

Hahaha. I know that it will work, but I want to know if the performance is going to be considerably worse.

 

[Ironsounds]

Hello... Yes a faster CPU will give you better performance, but that card is a good start for future upgrading and is a Good keeper for a while.