Can my motherboard support the Nvidia GTX 1060?

[AliasRetr0]

Hello, so basically my computer is quite old now, it's motherboard is from late 2007 to be precise...
and I am looking into buying a new graphics card because my computer can't run new (next-gen) game titles like the Telltale Batman, Mirror's Edge 2 to give some examples...

This is my motherboard model:
http://www.game-debate.com/motherboard/index.php?mot_id=892&motherboard=Pegatron%20Benicia%201.01

If I buy the gtx 1060 from Nvidia would my computer work? can the motherboard handle the card?

I would appreciate all the advice you guys can give me
Lots of thanks in advance.

 

[Rhinofart]

The GPU will run in the PCIe x16 gen2 slot OK. So, short answer = Yes.

 

[Justiceinacan]

Yes, the PCIE 2.0 x16 will work. It's probs gonna bottleneck most CPU's you put in the socket though.

 

[lodders]

It probably will work....
But the real question should be, is the rest of my computer fast enough to properly benefit from a gtx1060.
Probably not..
Have a look at the toms hardware bottlenecking guide to check

 

[nukemaster]

Make sure you have at least Windows 7 since anything older is not supported for that card.

As said above pci-e 3.0 cards are backwards compatible. I have tested on as old as P35 boards, but with Vista I did not install drivers or anything.

 

[AliasRetr0]

The GPU will run in the PCIe x16 gen2 slot OK. So, short answer = Yes.

Make sure you have at least Windows 7 since anything older is not supported for that card.

As said above pci-e 3.0 cards are backwards compatible. I have tested on as old as P35 boards, but with Vista I did not install drivers or anything.

I recently upgraded to windows 8.1 in my computer

 

[AliasRetr0]

Yes, the PCIE 2.0 x16 will work. It's probs gonna bottleneck most CPU's you put in the socket though.

My current gpu is around 18cm long, the new one should fit?

 

[AliasRetr0]

It probably will work....
But the real question should be, is the rest of my computer fast enough to properly benefit from a gtx1060.
Probably not..
Have a look at the toms hardware bottlenecking guide to check

Maybe the cpu is not strong enough, but i've read somewhere that ram can compensate, will it work if i don't upgrade my cpu? I currently have the Core 2 Quad

 

[lodders]

It probably will work....
But the real question should be, is the rest of my computer fast enough to properly benefit from a gtx1060.
Probably not..
Have a look at the toms hardware bottlenecking guide to check

Maybe the cpu is not strong enough, but i've read somewhere that ram can compensate, will it work if i don't upgrade my cpu? I currently have the Core 2 Quad

Every time the CPU hits 100% load, the whole rest of the computer has to wait while the CPU finishes it's task. Faster RAM reduces memory latency, which will give your CPU a few % of speed gain... but not enough to make a big difference.. What is your CPU, and have you looked up your CPU in this.. http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-3192807/ultimate-bottlenecking-guide.html

 

[nukemaster]

My current gpu is around 18cm long, the new one should fit?

The stock GTX 1060 is nearly 30cm. Some aftermarket cards will be shorter. You will have to check the case to see what you can fit.

You do not have much of an upgrade path for the cpu because LGA 775 has been end of life for a long time now. It is a rather old platform so I do expect it will hold back the video card to some degree(It will vary from game to game).