GA-F2A78M-HD2 Compatibility aand Suggestions

[12kasperg]

Hey,
I was wondering whether my mobo, GA-F2A78M-HD2, is compatible with the latest Graphics Cards and whether you have any suggestions for Graphics Cards, my budget is around £150

Thanks in Advance!

 

[clutchc]

Yes, your board will accept any PCIe X16 gfx card. The GTX 1050 Ti is the fastest card at that price range right now. The RX-470 would be a bit faster if you want to stretch your budget a bit. But which APU/CPU you have will make a difference. No sense getting an expensive card if the APU/CPU bottlenecks it badly. And the PSU that you have will need to be sufficient to power the card.

 

[jakubek160]

I recommend you buy a gtx 1050ti for this budget or get gtx 1060 but a 6gb card. The 4 gb 1050ti will be better in most of the games than a 3 gb 1060 card. These are the card I used and that I recommend really to be ohnest :

gtx 1050ti EVGA Superclocked - https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/bce/EVGA-NVIDIA-GeForce-Superclock-GAMING-Express-Graphics/B01MG0ZJRO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496005730&sr=8-1&keywords=1050+ti+evga

gtx 1060 :

Asus Dual - https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/bce/Asus-NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-1060-DUAL-GTX1060-6G-Graphics/B01IUA9Z52/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496005754&sr=8-1&keywords=gtx+1060+asus+dual

EVGA Superclocked (it's 214 GBP) - https://www.amazon.co.uk/EVGA-GeForce-Superclocked-Express-Graphics/dp/B01IOWT538/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496005772&sr=8-1&keywords=gtx+1060+evga+superclocked

Gigabyte (I used a more expensive G1 gaming) - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-Nvidia-1060-GDDR5-PCI-E/dp/B01K7I7M00/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496005795&sr=8-1&keywords=gtx+1060+gigabyte

Msi Armor - https://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-GTX-1060-OCV1-Internal/dp/B01KF90K96/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1496005846&sr=8-2&keywords=gtx+1060+msi+armor

Hope I helped!

 

[12kasperg]

Yes, your board will accept any PCIe X16 gfx card. The GTX 1050 Ti is the fastest card at that price range right now. The RX-470 would be a bit faster if you want to stretch your budget a bit. But which APU/CPU you have will make a difference. No sense getting an expensive card if the APU/CPU bottlenecks it badly. And the PSU that you have will need to be sufficient to power the card.

I've got AMD A8-7650K (Overclocked to 3.8GHz) with a 500W Power supply so would that cope well with the GTX 1050 Ti?

 

[jakubek160]

Yes it will work with 1050 ti for sure. But I will not lie that your cpu will bottlneck this card. I suggest that you invest in a better cpu in a while after. But overall all the games will be playable and I highly recommend you take the card I mentioned. Hope that my answer was helpful! Cheers!

 

[clutchc]

Yes, your board will accept any PCIe X16 gfx card. The GTX 1050 Ti is the fastest card at that price range right now. The RX-470 would be a bit faster if you want to stretch your budget a bit. But which APU/CPU you have will make a difference. No sense getting an expensive card if the APU/CPU bottlenecks it badly. And the PSU that you have will need to be sufficient to power the card.

I've got AMD A8-7650K (Overclocked to 3.8GHz) with a 500W Power supply so would that cope well with the GTX 1050 Ti?

Yes, the GTX 1050 Ti is a 75W card that can usually run on the slot power alone. Normally, a 320W PSU is the recommended minimum. But the +12V rail specs are the most important. I personally would not hesitate using a 1050 Ti or even the 470 with that CPU/APU. You could eliminate all possibility of any bottleneck by going with a lesser card, but your overall gfx performance will less as well.