can my motherboard support newer graphic card

Deadman4219

Commendable
Oct 12, 2016
3
0
1,510
i want to buy a new graphic card :GIGABYTE GTX 1060 Windforce 6GB GDDR5 DVI/HDMI/3XDP Video Card. but i dont know if this is compatible with my motherboard and i dont really know how to check that.


Nom de la carte mère EVGA P55 SLI (E655) (2 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 3 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR3 DIMM, Audio, Dual Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394)

Chipset de la carte mère Intel Ibex Peak P55, Intel Lynnfield

Type de processeur QuadCore Intel Core i5-760, 2800 MHz (21 x 133)

12 gig de ram

thanks you.

 

GameFreak01048

Honorable
Feb 17, 2016
694
0
11,360
Hello!

Yes your motherboard will support a new GPU no doubt, most motherboards have a PCI/E slot and this motherboard has one so providing it fits in your case and you have a cable to power the card then yes this card will work with your setup.

Although your CPU will be a bottleneck so I would suggest upgrading your processor at some stage.
 

Deadman4219

Commendable
Oct 12, 2016
3
0
1,510
the GTX 1060 will be severely bottlenecked by your CPU. the GTX 1060 will run at less than half its performance.

upgrade to a i7 860 to get better performance and add a SSD.

what if i change my cpu too for something like : AMD FD6300WMHKBOX FX-6300 6-Core Processor Black Edition

Processor / Type:FX-Series
Processor / Clock Speed:3.5 GHz
Features:Retail Turbo CORE Technology "Advanced Micro Devices, Inc"
Processor / Socket Type:Socket AM3+
Processor / Number:FX-6300
Processor / Multi-Core Technology:6-Core
Cache Memory Type:L3 cache

will it be better, less bottleneck ? i don't have another 500$ to pay for an i7 860 if i buy the graphic card

 

Deadman4219

Commendable
Oct 12, 2016
3
0
1,510
right now you should buy a new CPU, motherboard and RAM rather than buying a graphics card. build a new PC, preferably a skylake one.[/quotemsg]
thing is, i received the graphic card as a gift, i already have it, so i dont have a choice i need to do something with it. so i need a new motherboard and a new cpu that go with it and with the graphic card, any suggestion on the motherboard?
next time, i'll ask for money XD
i have about 500$ to spare with my next payday