[SOLVED] Is my Motherboard compatible with a newer GPU?

[Ransi]

I currently have a M91p Thinkcentre from Lenovo with a 7034Av2 motherboard and the 9HKT43AUS BIOS and I've been wanting to upgrade to a GTX 1650 (currently using a GT 1030) but I still dont know if its compatible. I've seen lots of people say that they needed to do a BIOS update (not exactly with this model/hardware). So could anyone please tell me how to check?
I've ran the Lenovo Vantage App to check for available system-updates but there are none, so my BIOS is up to date.

Full Specs:
Motherboard: 7034Av2
CPU: i5 2400
GPU: GT 1030
1TB HDD
BIOS: 9HKT43AUS

Also: The last time I tried to update my BIOS, my HDD died so Iam kinda sceptical about all of this.

Thank you all!

 

[boju]

If motherboard was incompatible with uefi cards then the GT1030 wouldn't have worked. You're good.

 

[Ransi]

Are you sure? Some people with 2013+ BIOS's couldnt run the GTX 1650 so I am kind of confused.

 

[boju]

1650 specifically or 10 series in general?

 

[Ransi]

Oops, sorry I was completely wrong. The thread I ment had a problem installing their GTX 1060 on a MOBO with a BIOS from 2009. I mixed up some of the threads I've read, my bad .
So lets get back to the topic. If I can run any 10xx card, I'll also be able to run the newer cards?

 

[boju]

Yes you'll be fine. Depends on the motherboard of course but yours already demonstrates it can run modern cards. 2nd gen intel might sound old but Uefi graphics cards began with 7xx series GTX. Im even running a 1070 on a LGA1366 (1st gen i7 920) Asus motherboard.

What i meant about motherboard dependent is, some oem partners, ie Dell, Hp, Lenovo, in the legacy era, didn't extend bios support for newer uefi GPUs. Mainly with Lga 775/1366 motherboards prior uefi.

 

[Ransi]

Oh okay. Thank you very much man you helped me a lot! Have a great day!

 

[boju]

No problem 👍

 

[Ransi]

I've been researching for some while and I checked if I have BIOS or UEFI. It says "Legacy" which indicates to BIOS as far as I know. Doesnt that mean it shouldnt be compatible? (Still new to this so I am not 100% sure). I do believe you that it works, but I am trying to understand why.
I tried to set the Boot mode to UEFI in the BIOS and it said "No operating system found"

 

[boju]

If you have the option to set uefi, it means the motherboard is uefi with legacy support.

1650 should work in legacy mode but for reason it doesn't and it requires uefi only boot, you'll have to reinstall Windows in uefi mode. This is why it's saying no os found, legacy uses a different boot record.

There is a way to convert legacy to uefi without reinstalling Windows but have never done this.

[SOLVED] - should I able to run GTX 1650 in UEFI mode ?

Hey, I want to upgrade my GTX650 to GTX1650, but now my windows run on Legacy bios and I asked gigabyte support if the GTX1650 4GB OC can boot in legacy or it is UEFI only and they answered that it is "UEFI ONLY" so I checked now in my motherboard boot options if it can boot in uefi and there...

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[Ransi]

If you have the option to set uefi, it means the motherboard is uefi with legacy support.

1650 should work in legacy mode but for reason it doesn't and it requires uefi only boot, you'll have to reinstall Windows in uefi mode. This is why it's saying no os found, legacy uses a different boot record.

There is a way to convert legacy to uefi without reinstalling Windows but have never done this.

[SOLVED] - should I able to run GTX 1650 in UEFI mode ?

Hey, I want to upgrade my GTX650 to GTX1650, but now my windows run on Legacy bios and I asked gigabyte support if the GTX1650 4GB OC can boot in legacy or it is UEFI only and they answered that it is "UEFI ONLY" so I checked now in my motherboard boot options if it can boot in uefi and there...

forums.tomshardware.com

Okay a little update:
I bought a 240GB SSD and installed Windows on it, and now it says UEFI under msinfo32.
I had some issues while installing Windows, "0xc00000d"-Error always occured when I tried to boot it. But now its fine.

 

[boju]

Running a later gen card shouldn't be a problem.

 

[Ransi]

Running a later gen card shouldn't be a problem.

Alright thanks!

 

[boju]

You're welcome. Let us know how you go.

 

[Ransi]

You're welcome. Let us know how you go.

I will! One more question: Should I go with a GTX 1650 for 159.99€ or a GTX 1650 Super for 181.99€ regarding bottleneck, Price/Performance Ratio etc??

 

[Ransi]

The gtx 1650 is 4GB GDDR5 and the Super 4GB GDDR6

 

[boju]

Super would be nice but imo go for the cheapest until you can overhaul the system. The cpu may struggle supplying the graphics card in some newer titles albeit both standard/super versions will be night day difference over the 1030, that is for sure.

 

[Ransi]

Super would be nice but imo go for the cheapest until you can overhaul the system. The cpu may struggle supplying the graphics card in some newer titles albeit both standard/super versions will be night day difference over the 1030, that is for sure.

Okay,thanks!