planning to buy R7 260X, wondering if my HP MS 7613 Motherboard will be compatible.

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I have been running i3 540 and a 6670 ddr3 on this HP MS 7613 mobo, now I wanna upgrade to r7 260x. I've already planned for a good psu so it won't be a fact. Can I manage my R7 260x with this mobo? In some threads I read that HP mobo's are NOT supporting some recent GPUs along with AMD R series.
 
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To be honest, I would build a new Haswell system for a minuscule amount of money vs. adding a GPU to an HP proprietary motherboard. You will probably have a decent bottle neck in the PCI-e Lane, FSBus, RAM, etc... The R7 260x is a decent little card, and is much more advanced than the hardware you already have. If you're planning on getting a decent PSU and GPU, what's stopping you from getting a new i3, H-81 mobo, and some new RAM? You could build a good solid machine for about $400. Just my two cents.

Otherwise, as long as you have the PSU, and PCI-e slot to put the GPU in, it should work. You certainly won't get all the performance the card offers though.

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To be honest, I would build a new Haswell system for a minuscule amount of money vs. adding a GPU to an HP proprietary motherboard. You will probably have a decent bottle neck in the PCI-e Lane, FSBus, RAM, etc... The R7 260x is a decent little card, and is much more advanced than the hardware you already have. If you're planning on getting a decent PSU and GPU, what's stopping you from getting a new i3, H-81 mobo, and some new RAM? You could build a good solid machine for about $400. Just my two cents.

Otherwise, as long as you have the PSU, and PCI-e slot to put the GPU in, it should work. You certainly won't get all the performance the card offers though.

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so it will work, but fps drops like what? 10-20 fps? :/ actually I'm running on low budget now, I'm planning to upgrade step by step.
 
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you're right :) 5-10 fps wont matter too much for me in a while, I'll wait and upgrade my mobo asap I can :) I just wanna make sure that I can RUN* R7 260x on this mobo. and yes, I'll go for H-81 in future.
 
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I don't get it :/ As I said, I'm already running 6670 ddr3... is that dual bios enabled? :/ It seems to be a high -end specification ... I donnow man :/
 
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You would know if Dual Bios is included on the card. There would be a switch that allows you to boot into each bios. It sounds like to me, with no prior experience with your mobo, that the R7 260x will work on your mobo if a 6670 is already running. Worst case scenario, you buy a great gpu, and you have to later buy a new haswell mobo and processor for around $150 to get it to work. :) I think you're safe though.
 
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thanks, I don't think I'm gonna buy a "great" GPU in a while, so I'll be just fine I think, with an upgrade to a decent i5 and H81 mobo. :)
 
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hey pacdrum_88, I researched quite a bit and found that R7 260x does not support either dual BIOS/ UEFI BIOS. Some people said they couldn't run it on UEFI enabled mode. So I have to assume that it's a 'Legacy only' BIOS supported gpu, isn't it??
 
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I read a thread on HP's forum, someone said he could not run r7 260x in a similar mobo because of Outdated BIOS version. :( I think I should wait for the new mobo :/ Is there any 40-50$ mobo that might be compatible?
 
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thanks, I've made my mind, I'll save up money to change my whole rig later. Meanwhile I'll just buy a 7750/7770 may be . btw, how is the R7 240 1gb ddr5? is it near 7750?
 
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