Installing a new gpu in an old system

[Malcolm]

My father has an old "gaming" pc which he built about 6 years ago. The pc has a intel core 2 quad core and a motherboard that supports pci-e 16x. If i buy a new gpu to replace his old one, something like a gigabyte gtx 770. The main question is whether this gpu swap will work. Secondly, will it be worth tho do this for now till i buy all the parts for a system of my own? The power supply is no issue as it has been replaced recently into a 750 watt psu.

Thanks for your help

Malcolm

Edit: wrong cpu name

[flibberdipper]

1. There were no quad-core Core 2 Duo's. Duo's were dual-cores.

2. The fastest GPU I would put in there would be a 750Ti.

[hawthorne]

What sort of processor does it have, if it is bad it would severely bottleneck the gpu's performance?

 

Edit: yeah it would be bottleneck 

[Izaya Orihara]

1. There were no quad-core Core 2 Duo's. Duo's were dual-cores.

2. The fastest GPU I would put in there would be a 750Ti.

Intel® Core™2 Quad processor Q9400

Intel® Core™2 Duo processor E8400

[Malcolm]

1. There were no quad-core Core 2 Duo's. Duo's were dual-cores.

2. The fastest GPU I would put in there would be a 750Ti.

I chose the 770 because i will be planning to buy my pc by the summer of 2015 . So i wanted to buy this card so when i will have my pc i can just move it there.

[Cubit481]

My father has an old "gaming" pc which he built about 6 years ago. The pc has a intel core 2 quad core and a motherboard that supports pci-e 16x. If i buy a new gpu to replace his old one, something like a gigabyte gtx 770. The main question is whether this gpu swap will work. Secondly, will it be worth tho do this for now till i buy all the parts for a system of my own? The power supply is no issue as it has been replaced recently into a 750 watt psu.

Thanks for your help

Malcolm

Edit: wrong cpu name

u go for 770 only if u r going to upgrade ur system in sometime...bcoz core 2 duo with that gpu will cause a bottleneck...also u can get a 750 that will best for ur system but if u r going to upgrade the cpu and mobo, then get the 770...

[Tea1337]

I chose the 770 because i will be planning to buy my pc by the summer of 2015 . So i wanted to buy this card so when i will have my pc i can just move it there.

There is no point, by then the GPU will be a year old and there will be better and faster ones on the market that i'm sure you'll want.

[antoainb]

There is no point, by then the GPU will be a year old and there will be better and faster ones on the market that i'm sure you'll want.

 

Yeah, I agree, get a 750ti now and then see if you can afford whatever is new, if it was Summer 2014 it'd be fine but Summer 2015 is still quite a lot.

[flibberdipper]

Intel® Core™2 Quad processor Q9400

Intel® Core™2 Duo processor E8400

I know they made Core 2 Quad's, silly.

 

 

I chose the 770 because i will be planning to buy my pc by the summer of 2015 . So i wanted to buy this card so when i will have my pc i can just move it there.

That makes more sense. If you plan on putting it in your new rig, then go ahead and get it, but just know in your current rig it will be choked by the CPU.

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

get a 750Ti, for now and when you build your new one get a new fresh Graphics card for it so that you wont have to swap something that's been used for long out of your father's Rig and have it in a fresh build

[Evostatic343]

bottlenecking?

[jtrier1]

My father has an old "gaming" pc which he built about 6 years ago. The pc has a intel core 2 quad core and a motherboard that supports pci-e 16x. If i buy a new gpu to replace his old one, something like a gigabyte gtx 770. The main question is whether this gpu swap will work. Secondly, will it be worth tho do this for now till i buy all the parts for a system of my own? The power supply is no issue as it has been replaced recently into a 750 watt psu.

Thanks for your help

Malcolm

Edit: wrong cpu name

 

 

Given the age of the system, I suggest upgrading the motherboard and CPU. A memory upgrade won't hurt either. Core 2 Quad CPU's won't play many new games. If you want to upgrade on the cheap, go for a Core i3 or an AMD A-Series.

 

If you upgrade the Motherboard & CPU now, that's less money you'll have to spend later on.