Will this work?

[Mr potato]

Alrighty. I'm building my own gaming pc and it's the first time I've done so. The problem is that I dont know whether my graphics card is compatible with my motherboard. I'm using an amazon motherboard, so I'll paste the title of it here.

ASUS Prime B350M-A/CSM AMD Ryzen AM4 DDR4 HDMI DVI VGA M.2 USB 3.1 mATX B350 Motherboard

In the video of the guy building the PC, hes using the 1060 3gb single fan GPU, with this title on amazon.

EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB SC GAMING, ACX 2.0 (Single Fan), 3GB GDDR5, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC), 03G-P4-6162-KR

I am trying to do 4k gaming, so I thought I would upgrade this GPU to the 1060 dual fan 6gb version under this title on amazon.

ASUS GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Dual-fan OC Edition VR Ready Dual HDMI DP 1.4 Gaming Graphics Card (DUAL-GTX1060-O6G)

Are these two compatible? Sorry if I sound naive, this is the first time I've built a computer and I need to know if the graphics card will fit in the motherboard. Or are all motherboards compatible with all graphics cards? I dont know. Will this setup be running efficiently? I just need to know if they will work if I install them. If they are not compatible, what motherboard would work? Thank you so much.

 

[techgeek]

The GTX1060 6GB is a solid 1080p performer, but at 4K you will probably have to lower your detail settings pretty far to get playable framerates. Of course it's game dependent, but most games at 4K are going to need a beefier GPU coupled with more VRAM.

As far as compatibility, you are fine with any graphics card meant for PCI-E slots. The one thing to be aware of is the power needed to power your graphics card. Obviously the more GPU horsepower you have the bigger/better PSU you'll need.

 

[Mr potato]

Thanks for the info. Since 4k would be a challenge, can I just lower the resolution in my monitors settings to say 1440 and get even higher frames? Or would the monitor being 4k limit the performance permanently? I googled some tests and apparently the 1060 6gb can handle gta V at ultra high at around 40fps, racing games at around 50, and pubg at like 30 at medium. Also, would my setup with a ryzen 5 1500 and the graphics card above be able to handle normal tasts such as movies at 4k? Sorry, I'm new to this!

 

[techgeek]

Changing resolution in your game would definitely raise your framerates allowing for higher detail settings. However you want to lower the resolution intelligently. If you run 1440p then you run into something called interpolation. This means that in this case if you run 1440p on a 4K display, you end up with 1.5 native pixels for every 1 pixel in one direction, same for the other. So you get 2.25 pixels per pixel. Since your monitor can't control pixels like this, it's forced to make the best of it. It results in images that aren't clear, smudged, etc.

The best option would be to run it at 1080p or 1920 X 1080 for a 3840 X 2160 4K display for a 2048 X 1080 for a 4096 X 2160 display. This way in this case 4 native pixels will comprise a single pixel at that resolution.

Hope that makes sense.