Posted October 22, 2016 My 680 died recently, and I'm looking for a new card to replace it. I have my eye on the 1060. Now here's the thing, I'm running on some what old hardware. I7 860 @ 3.66GHZ, meaning the motherboard is PCI gen2. I know that the 680 was compatible but not sure with the newer ones. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 22, 2016 PCI-E Gen 2 will not be a bottleneck at all, no issue. Please quote our replys so we get a notification and can reply easily. Never cheap out on a PSU, or I will come to watch the fireworks. PSU Tier List My specs Spoiler PC: CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K @4.8GHz CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S Motherboard: ASUS Maximus VIII Hero GPU: Zotac AMP Extreme 1070 @ 2114Mhz Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB Case: Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5 Power Supply: EVGA 750W G2 Peripherals Keyboard: Corsair K70 LUX Browns Mouse: Logitech G502 Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud Revolver Monitor: U2713M @ 75Hz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 22, 2016 Not an issue, they are backwards compatible. Just upgrade that CPU later on. If you want to reply back to me or someone else USE THE QUOTE BUTTON! Pascal laptops guide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 22, 2016 10 minutes ago, Timstertim said: My 680 died recently, and I'm looking for a new card to replace it. I have my eye on the 1060. Now here's the thing, I'm running on some what old hardware. I7 860 @ 3.66GHZ, meaning the motherboard is PCI gen2. I know that the 680 was compatible but not sure with the newer ones. Any suggestions would be appreciated. any GPU will work. PCIe is forward and backwards compatible (although that may change in PCIe 4.0 if/when that comes around, but that is still quite a few years off yet I believe) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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