I built my PC 10 years ago with the spec below.
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
Gigabyte GA-880GA-UD3H 880GA Socket AM3
Kingston 4 X 2GB DDR3 1333MHz
Sapphire HD 5570 1GB DDR3
Now I bought myself a 4K monitor (Acer VG280K with FreeSync) that works fine with my main laptop but the old PC isn't capable to display 4K.
I'm looking for options to get it to 4K at 60Hz
I believe three options are
I'd appreciate some recommendations on hardware.
I think new video card is simplest option.
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
Gigabyte GA-880GA-UD3H 880GA Socket AM3
Kingston 4 X 2GB DDR3 1333MHz
Sapphire HD 5570 1GB DDR3
Now I bought myself a 4K monitor (Acer VG280K with FreeSync) that works fine with my main laptop but the old PC isn't capable to display 4K.
I'm looking for options to get it to 4K at 60Hz
I believe three options are
- New video card
- New motherboard 4K compatible but not sure if they exist for such old processor
- New almost everything (not a fan of the exciting yet expensive option)
I'd appreciate some recommendations on hardware.
I think new video card is simplest option.