980ti compatibility with my motherboard

[PenguinForce]

Hi all,

 

I am looking to upgrade my GTX 570 to a 980ti. I am wondering if there will be any compatibility issues with my Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H, Intel Z77, mATX motherboard.

 

I asked this question on EVGA forums and got a reply saying that my MB BIOS is out dated and most likely will not work with 980ti.

 

The latest BIOS version for my MB is 2013/12/31 on gigabyte website.

 

I want to get a second opinion on this as I don't particularly want to spend more money upgrading other components as I am already dropping €800 on a graphics card   

 

Thanks

[Speedbird]

It will work.

[TheRandomness]

You could spend less money and get a 980 instead and upgrade your mobo

[comicsansms]

 

my MB BIOS is out dated and most likely will not work with 980ti.

I don't understand what you mean that.

I don't understand if you are incorrectly quoting them, the person has no idea what they are talking about or I am missing something.

 

It should work.

[Hieb]

As long as your motherboard has a PCI-e slot the GPU will work... worst case scenario is the board doesn't have full bandwidth slots but the card will still work, just won't get maximum bandwidth. In your case I can't imagine this being an issue as I'm pretty sure every Z77 board has a 16x slot.

[PenguinForce]

Wow very quick replies.

 

Here is the link to the question I asked:

 

http://forums.evga.com/Will-my-motherboard-be-compatible-with-980ti-m2393174.aspx

 

Quote: "Bios for the motherboard is a bit dated. The 980ti most likely won't work with that board since the motherboard bios is outdated."

 

 

[infamous_last]

980ti (SLI no less) works fine on my much older x58 board, Z77 should be a cake walk!

[Rolling Potatoe]

Wow very quick replies.

 

Here is the link to the question I asked:

 

http://forums.evga.com/Will-my-motherboard-be-compatible-with-980ti-m2393174.aspx

 

Quote: "Bios for the motherboard is a bit dated. The 980ti most likely won't work with that board since the motherboard bios is outdated."

Actually there seems to be an issue with socket 1555 with older bioses from Gigabyte not being able to boot with the newest gpus.

Update your bios to the latest version (f15) and everything should be fine.

[PenguinForce]

Actually there seems to be an issue with socket 1555 with older bioses from Gigabyte not being able to boot with the newest gpus.

Update your bios to the latest version (f15) and everything should be fine.

 

Should I update the BIOS now or should I only update if the card doesn't work?

[Badger906]

a 980ti will work on any motherboard that has a pci Lane. even if it's from like 2002 and gen 1!

[Rolling Potatoe]

Should I update the BIOS now or should I only update if the card doesn't work?

You can do it now, its not like its gonna hurt your pc or anything.