will a GDDR5 graphics card run on any PC

[MartinWobblyCat]

Hi

As I am saving up money to change my standard PC into Gaming PC, I want to buy bits at a time.
I will still only end up with a mid range or budget gamer, but the first thing is that I want a graphics card. Can I put an R9 380 (4 GB, GDDR5) into my PC, even tho my current motherboard only has DDR3 memory support.
Is the memory on a graphics card completely different to the memory on my MB, and you don't have to worry, they don't have to be the same or compatible ?

Martin

 

[Mark RM]

the VRAM type doesn't matter in terms of the Motherboard memory type.

If you tell us what you have, type of computer, and MOST importantly, the type and model of your power supply, we can steer you in the right direction. A crappy power supply will sink a gaming rig before it even starts.

 

[Tradesman1]

Do you have a PCI-E 3 or 2 slot? If so pretty much Yes. What mobo and CPU, If a lower end CPU it could bottlenech the GPU and will need a proper PSU for the GPU

 

[MartinWobblyCat]

the VRAM type doesn't matter in terms of the Motherboard memory type.

If you tell us what you have, type of computer, and MOST importantly, the type and model of your power supply, we can steer you in the right direction. A crappy power supply will sink a gaming rig before it even starts.

As I said before, I will be swapping out almost everything apart from the Case a PSU, but a bit at a time. Hopefully the PSU is ok.
I have a 600w OCZ MOD xSteram-Pro PSU
Asus P5G41T-M LE motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 2.2 GHz
4GB RAM
Windows 10 Pro

Money is scarse so I am tinking of a msi radeon r9 380 graphics card.

Thanks for helping me out.
Martin

 

[Mark RM]

If I had that gear and I was on a limited budget, I'd upgrade the CPU to a core 2 quad off EBay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-2-Quad-CPU-Q9400-2-66GHZ-6M-FSB1333-LGA775-SLB6B-/172239393963
then I'd add the cheapest of any the last gen mainstream cards I could find for 1080 gaming - An HD 285 used, a GTX 770 used... that ballpark. Even then you'll be handicapped by the CPU enough. The 285 2 gb version is essentially a 380- 2 gb anyhow but costs less. You'll still hit cpu bottlenecks. A 750 Ti might be a match made in heaven.

That old OCZ PSU if it's lasted this long would also benefit from the lower draw of a 750 Ti.