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Will my Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD3 motherboard support a graphics card that has a PCI Express 3.0 x16 interface?

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November 25, 2013 12:19:44 AM

I'm trying to upgrade my pc since my computer can't handle BF4 really well even at low settings. I changed my ram from 4gb to 8gb. The question now is it possible to install a new graphics card for example, "GIGABYTE GV-N660OC-2GD GeForce GTX 660 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card" to a my motherboard that has a PCIEX 2.0 standard??

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November 25, 2013 12:37:29 AM

Yeah it will work. Cards are backwards compatible.

Just out of curiosity, what CPU do you have?
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November 25, 2013 12:38:40 AM

Yes.
NVIDIA GPU's Has Backward Compatibility Up to PCI Express 2.0 X 16 Interface While ATi/AMD GPU's Have Backward Compatibility Upto PCI Express 1.0 X 16 Interface .
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November 25, 2013 12:39:45 AM

I have a first gen core i5 running at 2.6ghz
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November 25, 2013 12:42:37 AM

This is my specs right now
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz
Manufacturer Intel
Speed 2.7 GHz
Number of Cores 4
Video Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
Manufacturer NVIDIA
Chipset GeForce GTX 460
Dedicated Memory 1.0 GB
Total Memory 4.0 GB
Memory 8.2 GB
Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Edition Service Pack 1 (build 7601), 64-bit
Service Pack 1
Size 64 Bit
Edition Professional
Display Maximum Resolution 1920 x 1080
DVD TSSTcorp DVD-ROM TS-H352C ATA Device
CD TSSTcorp DVD-ROM TS-H352C ATA Device
Drive
Size 465.7 GB
Free 371.1 GB
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November 25, 2013 12:43:25 AM

Ajinchanin said:
I have a first gen core i5 running at 2.6ghz


Ok. Should be fine. Reason I'm asking about the CPU is due to bf4 being rather CPU heavy.
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November 25, 2013 12:44:22 AM

ZionZA said:
Ajinchanin said:
I have a first gen core i5 running at 2.6ghz


Ok. Should be fine. Reason I'm asking about the CPU is due to bf4 being rather CPU heavy.


Should I upgrade the processor too?
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November 25, 2013 12:44:26 AM

I'm currently running one 660 and battlefield 4 runs fine on it at medium to high settings.
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November 25, 2013 12:46:54 AM

ZionZA said:
I'm currently running one 660 and battlefield 4 runs fine on it at medium to high settings.


I was thinking about upgrading to a 760 or something like that so I don't have to change it again. What you do think? I built this pc almost 5 years ago.
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November 25, 2013 12:54:57 AM

Nah CPU should be fine. Well I would personally go for the 760. Afaik the price difference isn't that huge
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November 25, 2013 12:56:07 AM

Thank you! I appreciate the help!!
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November 25, 2013 1:22:40 AM

It will work for sure.
Tested GTX650 and HD7770 on a MB with sk775, I975 chipset.
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