GTX 1060 Compatibility

[avenue2day]

Hi,

 

I want to know if my brother's pc could support the new graphic card like the gtx 1060.

Here's the spec:

-Intel core 2 duo E8400 3.0GHz

-4GB RAM

-GTX 210, 1GB

-Motherboard: ASUS exteme rampage extreme

-700W power supply

 

It is an old computer that I own for almost a decade now and I pass it on to my brother. Now I want to upgrade the GPU for him in case he wants to do some gaming.

I wonder if the gtx 1060 will be compatible with this old computer or not?

 

[79wjd]

The 1060 will be compatible, but it will be SERIOUSLY bottlenecked. Much more than a 750Ti will be seriously bottlenecked -- even if he upgrades the CPU to a Q9300.

[Mira Yurizaki]

It can, but it's going to run into performance caps. I ran a GTX 980 with my processor capped to a performance level similar to the E8400, compared it to a GTX 460 SE, and saw the GTX 980 was achieving only twice the performance over the 460 SE, which is obviously not how much more powerful the 980 is compared to the 460.

 

If a new build isn't in the near future, I would suggest getting something like a RX 470 or 460.

[Cutout]

I think it would work, but that cpu would be a huge bottleneck in most things. Not 100% sure though.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[LionSpeck]

It would support it, but you would be able to use only like 30% of it with that CPU

[avenue2day]

3 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

It will be SERIOUSLY bottlenecked. Much more than a 750Ti will be seriously bottlenecked -- even if he upgrades the CPU to a Q9300.

are you suggesting that even if I upgrade to 750ti, it will still be bottlenecked?

[79wjd]

Just now, avenue2day said:

are you suggesting that even if I upgrade to 750ti, it will still be bottlenecked?

in many games, yes. 

[avenue2day]

6 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

It can, but it's going to run into performance caps. I ran a GTX 980 with my processor capped to a performance level similar to the E8400, compared it to a GTX 460 SE, and saw the GTX 980 was achieving only twice the performance over the 460 SE, which is obviously not how much more powerful the 980 is compared to the 460.

 

If a new build isn't in the near future, I would suggest getting something like a RX 470 or 460.

so if I go with RX 460, is it ok? how about the VRAM? does it matter whether it is 2GB or 4GB?

[avenue2day]

4 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

in many games, yes. 

can you recommend any GPU that might be suitable for this computer?

[79wjd]

5 minutes ago, avenue2day said:

can you recommend any GPU that might be suitable for this computer?

A used 750Ti / R7 360.

 

Otherwise a GTX950/RX460 if they're not much more than the above (although they will both be bottlenecked). An E8400 is pretty weak at this point.  Nvidia is the better choice if it's priced similarly to their AMD counterpart due to lower driver overhead (i.e. better performance on weaker CPUs).

[Morgan MLGman]

1 minute ago, djdwosk97 said:

A used 750Ti / R9 360.

R7 360*