[SOLVED] What GPU is compatible?

[Rahul_mohan]

Hi i have a
M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3
with fx 6300

price doesn't matter but what GPU would be compatible with this motherboard? it has a OCIe2.0 x 16

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Make and model of PSU?

Pretty much any GPU should work with that system, but the dated processor might limit performance in many applications with many GPUs.

 

[xxscienceboyxx]

An FX chip and PCIE 2.0? We're on PCIE 4.0 now.
Technically you can run a modern GPU, but it will be heavily bottled by the CPU and PCIE 2.0.
I think you should just build or buy a new computer.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Any PCIe 3.0 or pcie 4.0 GPU will work on a board with pcie 2 support since PCIe revisions are backwards compatible.

 

[Rahul_mohan]

Any PCIe 3.0 or pcie 4.0 GPU will work on a board with pcie 2 support since PCIe revisions are backwards compatible.

so i could get a gtx 1080 theoretically but my CPU will be a bottleneck

 

[Rahul_mohan]

An FX chip and PCIE 2.0? We're on PCIE 4.0 now.
Technically you can run a modern GPU, but it will be heavily bottled by the CPU and PCIE 2.0.
I think you should just build or buy a new computer.

So what GPU would you recommend for this pc. I dont want to build a new one and want to add a good GPU

 

[DSzymborski]

So what GPU would you recommend for this pc. I dont want to build a new one and want to add a good GPU

There's no purpose to anything stronger than a 1050 Ti.

But again, nobody can give you a recommendation without your exact PSU.

 

[Rahul_mohan]

There's no purpose to anything stronger than a 1050 Ti.

But again, nobody can give you a recommendation without your exact PSU.

psu is 500w

 

[DSzymborski]

psu is 500w

The word exact is emphasized for a reason.

 

[Rahul_mohan]

The word exact is emphasized for a reason.

sorry its corsair cx 500 bronze edition

 

[DSzymborski]

sorry its corsair cx 500 bronze edition

A 1050 Ti will work fine. It's extremely old and this was before Corsair improved the CX series, so I'd stay away from the 570 or 580.

 

[Rahul_mohan]

A 1050 Ti will work fine. It's extremely old and this was before Corsair improved the CX series, so I'd stay away from the 570 or 580.

so i shouldnt buy a rx 570 or 580 because thats what i was looking at

 

[dotas1]

Not unless you upgrade your PSU to a newer and better model.

 

[Rahul_mohan]

Not unless you upgrade your PSU to a newer and better model.

it says my psu can handle the 580

 

[DSzymborski]

it says my psu can handle the 580

Not quality-wise. Group-regulated and old.

 

[Rahul_mohan]

Not unless you upgrade your PSU to a newer and better model.

toms hardware did a torture test and it reached around 240w consumption at best and my current set up takes 175 max

Not quality-wise. Group-regulated and old.

right ok. thank you for the advise

 

[dotas1]

You can argue your PSU being potent all you want, in the end, you are risking your new hardware. Age degradation is a thing. It does matter and it will affect performance.
If you run into any issues with the 580, you won't know if it's the GPU to blame or the PSU's fault. Also, you really don't know how far will that PSU go and what will take with it when it fails.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

It probably will work with your current PSU, but I would not reccomend it, given my past experiences with older CX series PSUs failing.

I have a system with an FX8350, 16gb ram, and an XFX RX570 4gb. It is alright for most games, but it really is not ideal. Trying to play beamng with traffic uses more than 4 cores, causing the cores to have to share fpu at that point and cripples performance, or so I understand. Like 40fps with a ton of drops making it not enjoyable. Some games perform decently well, actually including beamng if you use some lesser demanding maps with a single core, but some cases I will be held back by the CPU.

Given your 6300 is even less powerful than an 8350, the cases where you are CPU bound with an RX570 would be more commonplace.

I would sell your current pc and buy something more modern, or throw in a placeholder GPU like a 1050ti and use the PC until you can save up for a newer pc.

 

[Rahul_mohan]

It probably will work with your current PSU, but I would not reccomend it, given my past experiences with older CX series PSUs failing.

I have a system with an FX8350, 16gb ram, and an XFX RX570 4gb. It is alright for most games, but it really is not ideal. Trying to play beamng with traffic uses more than 4 cores, causing the cores to have to share fpu at that point and cripples performance, or so I understand. Like 40fps with a ton of drops making it not enjoyable. Some games perform decently well, actually including beamng if you use some lesser demanding maps with a single core, but some cases I will be held back by the CPU.

Given your 6300 is even less powerful than an 8350, the cases where you are CPU bound with an RX570 would be more commonplace.

I would sell your current pc and buy something more modern, or throw in a placeholder GPU like a 1050ti and use the PC until you can save up for a newer pc.

Thanks for the really detailed advice