Can gtx1050ti work in place of 9800gt

[Skyymax]

My rig is - amd phenom 2 x4 925, motherboard gigabyte ga-ma78gm-us2h, 8gb ram, gpu 9800gt..

So now i want to upgrade my gpu. And latest is gtx 1050ti. So i want to know that can 1050ti can run on my this pc.. or not.!?? Please help

 

[clutchc]

It should be fine on that motherboard. PCIe is a backward compatible interface, if your concern was the 3.0/2.0 version difference.

 

[Skyymax]

Can u please elaborate..!! 🙁

 

[SinxarKnights]

he is saying that PCI express 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 are all compatible with each other so in theory you should be good to go. However a there was a lot of issues popping up where the BIOS wasn't compatible with the newer graphics cards, something about UEFI. I am not sure, but clutchc may know something more about it.

Keep in mind that CPU will be a significant bottleneck for modern games and there is really nothing you can do about it except build or buy a more modern PC. My last PC had a Phenom II x4 820 and I put a R9 280 (very similar to the 1050ti) in it. It helped over my 8800GT but it held back the graphics card from working at its potential.

 

[clutchc]

Nvidia cards have been excellent at adapting to their UEFI to legacy BIOS motherboards. I would not expect any trouble with the GTX 1050 Ti interfacing with the GA-MA78GM-US2H. I have run numerous 10-series cards on my old AM3 and AM2+ board machines with no issues. Retail AMD motherboards like that one are very good at compatibility from my experience. Some OEM (pre-built machines) boards however may have issues due to their proprietary BIOSs, but I don't expect any issues with the retail Gigabyte board.