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Should I upgrade from 560ti or wait?

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September 4, 2014 5:45:36 PM

I was thinking about upgrading from my current video card to a geforce gtx 770, but after buying it I found out my motherboard is not compatible with it. So I ended up returning it. My question is should I wait to upgrade? Am I going to have to upgrade my motherboard soon anyway? My motherboard is an msi Z68A-GD65 (G3). I was hoping to be able to just upgrade my video card because my price range right now is around 350-400$. Any input would help tremendously.

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September 4, 2014 5:53:06 PM

you could get a decent motherboard and a r9 280x for just a little bit more then just a gtx 770. the r9 280x has pretty much the same performance
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September 4, 2014 6:18:15 PM

tsuneo6 said:
you could get a decent motherboard and a r9 280x for just a little bit more then just a gtx 770. the r9 280x has pretty much the same performance


Any recommendations for motherboards? I'm primarily using the rig for gaming. Want to be able to play upcoming games like witcher 3 and evolve maxed out.

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September 4, 2014 6:19:25 PM

can you list your specs please?
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September 4, 2014 6:26:25 PM

if your motherboard has the 560ti it should be compatible with the 770 as it is
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September 4, 2014 6:28:05 PM

just checked, it ahs the neccesary slots and stuff for the gpu. pci 2.0 and 3.0 are backwards compatible, and theres no difference between the two (cards havent maxed out 2.0s specs yet).

as for the cpu, any i5 or i7 in it should be fine, no bottleneck should occur
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September 4, 2014 6:28:41 PM

tsuneo6 said:
can you list your specs please?


Motherboard- MSI Z68A-GD65 (G3)
CPU- Intel i7-2600 3.40Ghz
RAM- 2x4Gb Corsair DDR3
PSU- Corsair 650w
GPU- Geforce gtx 560ti

Am i missing anything?
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September 4, 2014 6:31:39 PM

jshoop said:
if your motherboard has the 560ti it should be compatible with the 770 as it is


Meant to hit reply haha im new here

But i went through evga and msi support and both said there is a compatibility issue with the two. I cant even boot up with the card installed.
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September 4, 2014 7:16:27 PM

it could be your psu, though 650w is more than enough.

i dont see any compatibility issue. did you make sure all the power plugs were in, the card was fully slotted, and the video out was plugged into the new card?
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September 4, 2014 7:23:13 PM

A BIOS update might fix a compatibility issue. Not sure how comfortable you feel about flashing your BIOS though.
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September 4, 2014 8:48:50 PM

tsuneo6 said:
can you list your specs please?


jshoop said:
it could be your psu, though 650w is more than enough.

i dont see any compatibility issue. did you make sure all the power plugs were in, the card was fully slotted, and the video out was plugged into the new card?


I tried the card in another computer before I returned it and it booted up fine no problem. And that computer has almost the same set up as my own except for the motherboard. It has the same psu and gpu amd everything. When I contacted msi they told me "make sure the video card has legacy bios and not UEFI bios" and offered no info beyond that, so im guessing its a bios compatibility problem.
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September 4, 2014 8:55:49 PM

jshoop said:
if your motherboard has the 560ti it should be compatible with the 770 as it is


modernwar99 said:
A BIOS update might fix a compatibility issue. Not sure how comfortable you feel about flashing your BIOS though.


I tried updating my bios via msi live center and it did not help. Im a little afraid to flash the bios though since ive never done it before, and dont know how haha
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