Question Best graphics upgrade for old EVGA X58 SLI3 motherboard?

[KublaiKhan]

This is an old EVGA 131-GT-E767-TR LGA 1366 SLI3 motherboard with an i7-950 and 12 GB RAM, and I've not done well keeping up with tech since I built it. I have an old GTX 780 in there, now. I would rather like to play Diablo 2 Resurrected.

Would this motherboard support a 1060 or better card?

Thank you, and have a wonderful day!

 

[Gamefreaknet]

This is an old EVGA 131-GT-E767-TR LGA 1366 SLI3 motherboard with an i7-950 and 12 GB RAM, and I've not done well keeping up with tech since I built it. I have an old GTX 780 in there, now. I would rather like to play Diablo 2 Resurrected.

Would this motherboard support a 1060 or better card?

Thank you, and have a wonderful day!

Generally speaking its not the motherboard you should be asking about since as long as it has a PCIE x16 slot it can use any GPU like even a 4090 or whatever.
The key factors would likely be: CPU (and if you're looking to upgade it), PSU and possibly RAM.
Considering you'd like to play games I'd recommend for that CPU getting a 1050ti as the bottleneck between the CPU and GPU will be less. Swapping down to a 950 or 1030 however will reduce the nottleneck

Low quality settings:
1030 - cpu impact -6.5fps
950 - cpu impact -13.8fps
1050ti - cpu impact - 11.4fps

These days doing a PC build isn't that expensive (will post a build under £750 capable of gaming in a few mins)

 

[Gamefreaknet]

(Gaming worthy build under £750 - do note without windows license): here

Component		Selection	Price
CPU			Intel Core i3-10100F 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	£55.99	Buy
CPU Cooler			ID-COOLING SE-214-XT 68.2 CFM CPU Cooler	£19.98	Buy
Motherboard			Asus TUF GAMING B560M-PLUS WIFI Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard	£139.99	Buy
Memory			Patriot Signature Premium 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 CL19 Memory	£31.50	Buy
Storage			Kingston NV2 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive	£34.99	Buy
Video Card			Asus Phoenix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB 8 GB Video Card	£218.47	Buy
Case			Thermaltake Versa H18 MicroATX Mini Tower Case	£39.98	Buy
Power Supply			KOLINK ENCLAVE 600 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	£67.95	Buy
Monitor			ViewSonic VX2418-P-MHD 24.0" 1920 x 1080 165 Hz Monitor	£124.85	Buy
Total:	£733.70

 

[KublaiKhan]

When I build a new system, I don't compromise, which ends up being expensive—so I don't do it very regularly. I'm not looking to build a new system this year. There are too many other things taking my money this year.

I'm just wondering if a 1060 will let me play Diablo 2 Resurrected.

 

[Gamefreaknet]

When I build a new system, I don't compromise, which ends up being expensive—so I don't do it very regularly. I'm not looking to build a new system this year. There are too many other things taking my money this year.

I'm just wondering if a 1060 will let me play Diablo 2 Resurrected.

Your current system does meet minimum spec required however yes if you were to get a 1060 you should be able to play Diablo 2 Resurrected