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Hey guys, can I use a... let's say RTX30 series on a very old pc ?
Like... i7-870 (LGA1156) old

I need to know because there's someone selling a 3060ti, unfortunately, the new PC motherboard is having trouble.
I'm just wondering whether I can perform some simple stress test for the GPU on my old pc.

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11 minutes ago, Poinkachu said:

Hey guys, can I use a... let's say RTX30 series on a very old pc ?
Like... i7-870 (LGA1156) old

I need to know because there's someone selling a 3060ti, unfortunately, the new PC motherboard is having trouble.
I'm just wondering whether I can perform some simple stress test for the GPU on my old pc.

Whats the motherboard? (model)

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8 minutes ago, Poinkachu said:

Hey guys, can I use a... let's say RTX30 series on a very old pc ?
Like... i7-870 (LGA1156) old

I need to know because there's someone selling a 3060ti, unfortunately, the new PC motherboard is having trouble.
I'm just wondering whether I can perform some simple stress test for the GPU on my old pc.

You can, but installing a RTX 30xx part on something older than say... a i7-8xxx part is probably not making the most efficient use of it.

 

Where you will probably run into a wall is if the MB can't initialize an UEFI card, most/all systems since 2008 can boot UEFI mode cards but that might only be available if the legacy CSM is turned off or other settings are selected. If the CPU has an iGPU you may also need to allow multi-gpu mode to run to get into the BIOS while the GPU is installed.

 

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49 minutes ago, 1ppOverheat said:

Whats the motherboard? (model)

Well, very old. GA-P55-UD3L (non usb 3 revision)

48 minutes ago, Kisai said:

You can, but installing a RTX 30xx part on something older than say... a i7-8xxx part is probably not making the most efficient use of it.

 

Where you will probably run into a wall is if the MB can't initialize an UEFI card, most/all systems since 2008 can boot UEFI mode cards but that might only be available if the legacy CSM is turned off or other settings are selected. If the CPU has an iGPU you may also need to allow multi-gpu mode to run to get into the BIOS while the GPU is installed.

 

Nah, I plan to install it on a 5600x and b550m. Just that.... the motherboard is having problem (which I asked about in troubleshooting section), so i need to RMA it i think, RMAing gonna take time in my country, meanwhile the seller might not want to wait that long. So I was thinking if it's possible to do some simple stress test for the RTX3060ti on my old pc, just so I know the stuff isn't broken or something.

But yea, no UEFI on my mobo i think, its a product from when UEFI bios was still a dream afterall.
 

 

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