GTX 1060 compatible with an older mobo

[jim_3960]

Hi,

I have the following motherboard a Gigabyte P55 US3L Rev 2.0

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3347#sp

Do you think a 1060 work work on this older board? I have updated the bios but the last update was 2010.

Thanks

Jim

 

[basroil]

Most of the time it will work... however your CPU is nowhere near fast enough to handle the 1060 anyway. Unless that is a temporary arrangement until you can upgrade the platfrom, you'll be throwing your money away on a card that's going to be held back by your CPU

 

[Deleted member 217926]

Assuming you have an i5 750 ( very common with P55 ) it does pretty well with a 1060. Certain game engines won't do as well as others with a CPU that old and resolution and graphics settings will also affect performance but here is a pretty good comparison with a 1060 and RX480 on older hardware.

http://www.hardwareunboxed.com/gtx-1060-vs-rx-480-in-6-year-old-amd-and-intel-computers

 

[jim_3960]

Most of the time it will work... however your CPU is nowhere near fast enough to handle the 1060 anyway. Unless that is a temporary arrangement until you can upgrade the platfrom, you'll be throwing your money away on a card that's going to be held back by your CPU

Thank you for responding, i was planning on upgrading in stages, which i have always done. I have left it much longer than i normally do.

I have been looking at a 2nd hand i7 that is compatible with my board they are quite expensive and i may as well save for a newer i5 6500.

Jim

 

[jim_3960]

Assuming you have an i5 750 ( very common with P55 ) it does pretty well with a 1060. Certain game engines won't do as well as others with a CPU that old and resolution and graphics settings will also affect performance but here is a pretty good comparison with a 1060 and RX480 on older hardware.

http://www.hardwareunboxed.com/gtx-1060-vs-rx-480-in-6-year-old-amd-and-intel-computers

Interesting read, i do play Arma 3 a lot. It still runs ok with the right settings. I currently have a GTX 670. Without upgrading the CPU and mobo i don't think i would get massive gains.

Thank you for responding.

Jim

 

[Deleted member 217926]

A GTX 1060 is roughly twice as powerful as a GTX 670. You would see massive gains. Not to the full potential of the 1060 but quite substantial.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1769?vs=1777