planning to buy a gpu for my old system

[zed 123]

hello!! i currently have an xfx radeon hd 6950 2gb gpu, i plan to buy a gigabyte geforce GTX 1060 WINDFORCE OC 6gb card , my current pc specs are:
intel core i5 2300 2.8 ghz
motherboard intel dh61ww pcie 2.0 x 16
psu cooler master g700 700W
ram 8 gb ddr3 1333mhz

need some suggestions if i'll face some significant or negligible bottlenecking of my gpu with my current pc build, Also my motherboard has pcie 2.0 x 16 slot, while the mentioned gtx 1060 has a requirement of pcie 3.0 x 16, will it cause problems with the motherboard?? and lastly, is this decision of a gpu upgrade ok or not???? Also, i am low on budget, so upgrading a component other than gpu is difficult for me at present

 

[Themastererr]

While in some game titles (Those heavy with physics and math) you might see some frame drops... I believe the 1060 is still a good match for your setup.

Try not to worry so much about "bottle-necking". If anything, you have a solid card when you decide to upgrade again.

As far as I know, there is no significant performance difference between PCI-E 2.0 and 3.0. PCI-E 2.0 @ 16x has enough bandwidth for the top end cards of today.

Don't quote me on that though. Get a second opinion.

 

[Bmacker]

PCI-E 2.0 x16 MOBO will work with a PCI-E 3.0 GPU. The only real application to the 3.0 x16 is bandwidth. I do, however, recommend you save a bit more at some point to get a new mobo and cpu at some point.

You won't run into any issues; but it's nice to get some newer technology that's available. Consider checking prices on Newegg on CyberMonday.

 

[zed 123]

While in some game titles (Those heavy with physics and math) you might see some frame drops... I believe the 1060 is still a good match for your setup.

Try not to worry so much about "bottle-necking". If anything, you have a solid card when you decide to upgrade again.

As far as I know, there is no significant performance difference between PCI-E 2.0 and 3.0. PCI-E 2.0 @ 16x has enough bandwidth for the top end cards of today.

Don't quote me on that though. Get a second opinion.

PCI-E 2.0 x16 MOBO will work with a PCI-E 3.0 GPU. The only real application to the 3.0 x16 is bandwidth. I do, however, recommend you save a bit more at some point to get a new mobo and cpu at some point.

You won't run into any issues; but it's nice to get some newer technology that's available. Consider checking prices on Newegg on CyberMonday.

thank u for ur suggestion , i live in pakistan and the prices of pc components are quite high here , so is it ok if i get the gpu now and upgrade the cpu and mobo some time later????

 

[Bmacker]

While in some game titles (Those heavy with physics and math) you might see some frame drops... I believe the 1060 is still a good match for your setup.

Try not to worry so much about "bottle-necking". If anything, you have a solid card when you decide to upgrade again.

As far as I know, there is no significant performance difference between PCI-E 2.0 and 3.0. PCI-E 2.0 @ 16x has enough bandwidth for the top end cards of today.

Don't quote me on that though. Get a second opinion.

PCI-E 2.0 x16 MOBO will work with a PCI-E 3.0 GPU. The only real application to the 3.0 x16 is bandwidth. I do, however, recommend you save a bit more at some point to get a new mobo and cpu at some point.

You won't run into any issues; but it's nice to get some newer technology that's available. Consider checking prices on Newegg on CyberMonday.

thank u for ur suggestion , i live in pakistan and the prices of pc components are quite high here , so is it ok if i get the gpu now and upgrade the cpu and mobo some time later????

You shouldn't run into any issues getting a new GPU first. The Mobo and CPU upgrades was just a suggestion