I am upgrading my old, though high-end computer at the time (2012), with a new SSD, windows 10 and a Geforce GTX 1080. According to the bottleneck charts and some extrapolation my CPU (I7 3770K) should rarely bottleneck the GTX 1080, so i believe it is optimal.
But, will the new graphics card be compatible with my old system and especially my old motherborad?
My current system:
Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core i7 3770K @ 3.50GHz
Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology
RAM
16,0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 667MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. Z77X-UD5H (Intel Core i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz)
Graphics
Alienware2310 (1920x1080@60Hz)
SyncMaster (1680x1050@60Hz)
2048MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series (XFX Pine Group)
Storage
465GB Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500G SCSI Disk Device (SATA (SSD))
931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EADS-00L5B1 SCSI Disk Device (SATA )
4191GB Intel Raid 5 Volume SCSI Disk Device (SATA (SSD))
465GB Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500G SCSI Disk Device (SATA (SSD))
3726GB Seagate Expansion USB Device (USB (SATA) )
Optical Drives
ATAPI iHOS104 SCSI CdRom Device
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio
But, will the new graphics card be compatible with my old system and especially my old motherborad?
My current system:
Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel Core i7 3770K @ 3.50GHz
Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology
RAM
16,0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 667MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. Z77X-UD5H (Intel Core i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz)
Graphics
Alienware2310 (1920x1080@60Hz)
SyncMaster (1680x1050@60Hz)
2048MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series (XFX Pine Group)
Storage
465GB Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500G SCSI Disk Device (SATA (SSD))
931GB Western Digital WDC WD10EADS-00L5B1 SCSI Disk Device (SATA )
4191GB Intel Raid 5 Volume SCSI Disk Device (SATA (SSD))
465GB Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500G SCSI Disk Device (SATA (SSD))
3726GB Seagate Expansion USB Device (USB (SATA) )
Optical Drives
ATAPI iHOS104 SCSI CdRom Device
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio