Can my 32-bit Win7 support the Sapphire Radeon RX 460 2GB Graphics card ?

[R3-Flex]

I just bought my new RX 460 , waiting for my new DVI cable to arrive , on the box i read that it needs a 64 bit OS to operate ? does this mean that it wont work with my PC ?

[zMeul]

AMD hasn't released x86 drivers for RX4xx series

 

if your CPU is x86-64 capable, you'd have to switch to a x86-64 OS

[kelvinhall05]

3 minutes ago, R3-Flex said:

I just bought my new RX 460 , waiting for my new DVI cable to arrive , on the box i read that it needs a 64 bit OS to operate ? does this mean that it wont work with my PC ?

 

The drivers are only 64bit, so I think your screwed.

[Streetguru]

4 minutes ago, R3-Flex said:

I just bought my new RX 460 , waiting for my new DVI cable to arrive , on the box i read that it needs a 64 bit OS to operate ? does this mean that it wont work with my PC ?

Why not just install 64-gb windows 7?

[Godlygamer23]

You cannot use that card on a 32-bit OS. The card requires the 64-bit version drivers, which the RX series only has available for it.

Edited October 9, 2016 by Godlygamer23

[ARikozuM]

You can just re-install Windows if you have the key and use the 64-bit option.

[mariushm]

later edit: nevermind i was wrong. Apparently they no longer have 32bit drivers for the RX series,so you need a 64 bit operating system.

You can download the drivers here: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download

[Godlygamer23]

Just now, mariushm said:

The cards will work just fine on 32 bit operating systems, including Windows 7 and newer.

The box probably says that 64 bit operating systems are recommended.

 

You can download the drivers here: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download

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Note that AMD Radeon™ R9 Fury, Radeon™ Pro Duo, and Radeon™ RX 400 Series graphics are only supported by Radeon Software Crimson Edition on Windows 7/8.1/10 64-bit.

 

[ARikozuM]

1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

Why not just install 64-gb windows 7?

That's a lot of bits for one character...

[R3-Flex]

1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

Why not just install 64-gb windows 7?

When i assembled my current PC (which was 6 years ago) , they installed 32bit Win7 on it , now since then i have reinstalled the OS 2 times , i never knew that my Motherboard supported 64-bit OS , (i still am not sure) , so yeah , that's why.

[Godlygamer23]

Just now, R3-Flex said:

When i assembled my current PC (which was 6 years ago) , they installed 32bit Win7 on it , now since then i have reinstalled the OS 2 times , i never knew that my Motherboard supported 64-bit OS , (i still am not sure) , so yeah , that's why.

The key can be used on both versions.

[Guest]

Just now, R3-Flex said:

When i assembled my current PC (which was 6 years ago) , they installed 32bit Win7 on it , now since then i have reinstalled the OS 2 times , i never knew that my Motherboard supported 64-bit OS , (i still am not sure) , so yeah , that's why.

so reinstall to 64bit? which mobo

[ARikozuM]

1 minute ago, R3-Flex said:

When i assembled my current PC (which was 6 years ago) , they installed 32bit Win7 on it , now since then i have reinstalled the OS 2 times , i never knew that my Motherboard supported 64-bit OS , (i still am not sure) , so yeah , that's why.

Who installs 32-bit on anything anymore!? Unless you installed it, in which case, who told you to install 32-bit?

[Streetguru]

1 minute ago, R3-Flex said:

When i assembled my current PC (which was 6 years ago) , they installed 32bit Win7 on it , now since then i have reinstalled the OS 2 times , i never knew that my Motherboard supported 64-bit OS , (i still am not sure) , so yeah , that's why.

Pretty sure anything supports anything for the most part, you can also just use windows 10 for free if you really wanted to, just download the ISO, though I much prefer windows 7 over 10

[ARikozuM]

7 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

 

Wouldn't they work, just not at full functionality?

[R3-Flex]

2 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

Who installs 32-bit on anything anymore!? Unless you installed it, in which case, who told you to install 32-bit?

I'm not very tech savvy , i saw that i had 32-bit OS before formatting (2 yrs ago), so i chose 32-bit reinstall.

 

The truth is , i wanted to buy a new Gaming pc all together and sell my current machine, but my life kinda changed in the last 2 years (in a good way) so i just decided to switch the GPU and focus on something else first(My Studies)

 

I'll buy a gaming pc in a few years , with my own money , it feels awkward to ask money from parents anymore. 

[Godlygamer23]

1 minute ago, ARikozuM said:

Wouldn't they work, just not at full functionality?

AMD only has 64-bit options for downloading the drivers for the RX 400 series:

Spoiler

 

[R3-Flex]

9 minutes ago, dexxterlab97 said:

so reinstall to 64bit? which mobo

intel DG43GT

[Streetguru]

1 minute ago, R3-Flex said:

intel DG43GT

Should support it just fine, but damn 775 man, what's your CPU?

Could always jump to an i3 6100 at some point
 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/ChhDqk
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/ChhDqk/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI B150M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($37.98 @ Newegg)

[R3-Flex]

4 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

AMD only has 64-bit options for downloading the drivers for the RX 400 series:

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Thanks for the help :):)

[R3-Flex]

6 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Should support it just fine, but damn 775 man, what's your CPU?

Could always jump to an i3 6100 at some point
 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/ChhDqk
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/list/ChhDqk/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI B150M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($37.98 @ Newegg)

CPU = Core 2 Quad Q8300 @2.50 GHz

2 x @GB DDR2 Memory 

 

Its a 6-7 year old machine , and i was nowhere near good at CPU building at that time , i was almost a kid !

Edited October 9, 2016 by R3-Flex

[Streetguru]

2 minutes ago, R3-Flex said:

CPU = Core 2 Quad Q8300 @2.50 GHz

2 x @GB DDR2 Memory 

 

Its a 6-7 year old machine , and i was nowhere near good at CPU building at that time , i was almost a kid !

Ya, go for an i3 6100

 

or maybe AM4 will be out by then

[R3-Flex]

On 09/10/2016 at 9:15 PM, kelvinhall05 said:

The drivers are only 64bit, so I think your screwed.

screwed as in not bieng able to play games screwed ? or not even getting video output to the monitor screwed ?

 

[kelvinhall05]

40 minutes ago, R3-Flex said:

screwed as in not bieng able to play games screwed ? or not even getting video output to the monitor screwed ?

 

No video output (with the 460).