[SOLVED] Should I Install A GT 1030 DDr3 On My Rig?

[Jacob 51]

I'm having an intel DG31PR Motherboard with core 2 duo e4600 processor and GT 710 2GB DDr3 Installed. I was wondering if my system would support GT 1030 DDRr3 Graphics card.

Other specs:

4 GB ddr2 RAM and PSP 4500 (450 watts) power supply (with Pentium 4 board support).

Also, tell me if there is a better deal in terms of graphics card for my specs.

 

[Vyrvelata]

Your system supports 1030 if that is what you're asking, you can just use it. There is no point in buying something better if you want to use better GPU, you should change your whole system.

 

[yeetbucket]

I'm having an intel DG31PR Motherboard with core 2 duo e4600 processor and GT 710 2GB DDr3 Installed. I was wondering if my system would support GT 1030 DDRr3 Graphics card.

Other specs:

4 GB ddr2 RAM and PSP 4500 (450 watts) power supply (with Pentium 4 board support).

Also, tell me if there is a better deal in terms of graphics card for my specs.

It can work, but with 2gb of ram you won't really be doing any gaming.

Edit: Nevermind you edited it to be 4gb of ram.

 

[geofelt]

You have an older motherboard with likely a legacy bios, not UEFI.
Some newer graphics cards like the gt1030 will not be recognized on a legacy bios.
Assuming you are buying used, look for a GTX750ti which is probably cheaper and performs similarly, if not better.

 

[Jacob 51]

You have an older motherboard with likely a legacy bios, not UEFI.
Some newer graphics cards like the gt1030 will not be recognized on a legacy bios.
Assuming you are buying used, look for a GTX750ti which is probably cheaper and performs similarly, if not better.

Yes the motherboard is legacy but I have installed UEFI windows 10 x64 on it

 

[Jacob 51]

Your system supports 1030 if that is what you're asking, you can just use it. There is no point in buying something better if you want to use better GPU, you should change your whole system.

It will perform better right? I'm expecting a 20 FPS increase

 

[--SID--]

GT 1030 DDRr3

Don't excist. There is DDR4 and GDDR5. Get a GDDR5 version because DDR4 versions are much slower.

 

[InvalidError]

My Core 2 E8400 couldn't even push my HD5770 much beyond 70% GPU usage, so I wouldn't bother going with a GTX1000-series GPU on an even slower CPU. With only 4GB of DDR2 system RAM, you will struggle to run any semi-recent game regardless of what GPU you pick.

I would just save my money and aim for a system upgrade, maybe try to find a used system that has a Ryzen 3400G and 16GB of DDR4-3200 in it.

 

[geofelt]

Yes the motherboard is legacy but I have installed UEFI windows 10 x64 on it

By legacy, I mean the bios, not the age of the motherboard.
A legacy bios will have a simple line by line text appearance.
A UEFI bios is much larger and has a more windows like appearance.

 

[Fs19Man68000]

Don't excist. There is DDR4 and GDDR5. Get a GDDR5 version because DDR4 versions are much slower.

True dat the orange gigabyte one is pretty good

 

[Fs19Man68000]

It is also a gddr5