Will a GTX 1060ti run on my PC ?

IHeavenly

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I have an AMD Radeon R7 200 series,had it for years now.

I want to buy a new video card and think "Palit VGA GTX 1060 6GB Dual" would be a good choice from what i read,but i am really new to this stuff and am not sure whether or not i will be able to run it.

Does having an AMD card right now cause any problems when i replace it with an NVidia one ?
It says that it's a DDR5 and from what i know my motherboard is DDR3 ?
How do i know if my power supply is enough ?
Will there be any problems ?
Should i try another card ?

Can anyone answer these questions for me ?

I have:
2TB HDD
Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB
Processor - Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4440 CPU @ 3.10GHz, 3101 Mhz, 4 Core(s)
Motherboard - I don't know what my motherboard is it says "To be filled by O.E.M." only thing i know is that its ASRock.
 
Solution
There is no GTX 1060 Ti (yet), but I assume you meant the 1060. Yes, you can use either AMD or Nvidia cards. It makes no difference to the PC. However, the 1060 requires a 450W (min) PSU with at least one 6+2 pin connector. If your PSU has that, you are good to go.

As to the memory, system memory and graphic memory are separate. It doesn't matter what memory the PC uses compared to the gfx card. Most PCs still use DDR3/DDR4, most gfx cards still use (G)DDR5.
There is no GTX 1060 Ti (yet), but I assume you meant the 1060. Yes, you can use either AMD or Nvidia cards. It makes no difference to the PC. However, the 1060 requires a 450W (min) PSU with at least one 6+2 pin connector. If your PSU has that, you are good to go.

As to the memory, system memory and graphic memory are separate. It doesn't matter what memory the PC uses compared to the gfx card. Most PCs still use DDR3/DDR4, most gfx cards still use (G)DDR5.
 
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The specs for any card you consider will tell you the power requirements. Make sure you have the connectors on the power supply that the card needs, that's your first clue as to whether the power supply is adequate or not. If the card requires one 6 pin pci-e connector but your power supply doesn't have one- no go. In terms of performance a 1060 is a good match for your system, that R7 has been holding you back.