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

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September 16, 2014 7:23:37 AM

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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September 16, 2014 7:31:44 AM

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.

Blessings,
pacdrum_88
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September 16, 2014 7:42:52 AM

pacdrum_88 said:
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.

Blessings,
pacdrum_88


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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September 16, 2014 8:01:07 AM

It will still be an upgrade over what you're using, so you probably will not notice the bottle neck. Depending on the game, it could drop anywhere from 5-10 fps.
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September 16, 2014 8:15:17 AM

pacdrum_88 said:
It will still be an upgrade over what you're using, so you probably will not notice the bottle neck. Depending on the game, it could drop anywhere from 5-10 fps.


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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September 16, 2014 9:12:54 AM

pacdrum_88 said:
Here's an article I found on HP's site. Looks like you may need to have a dual bios GPU to run on your legacy mobo.

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Hardware/Graphics-...


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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September 16, 2014 11:23:31 AM

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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September 17, 2014 1:28:17 AM

pacdrum_88 said:
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.


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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September 17, 2014 2:51:34 AM

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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September 17, 2014 6:16:16 AM

Sounds like it could be the case. Either way, it should run on your machine.
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September 17, 2014 2:01:50 PM

pacdrum_88 said:
Sounds like it could be the case. Either way, it should run on your machine.


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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September 18, 2014 6:59:27 AM

Here is a decent MOBO for around that price. Obviously you would have to get a CPU as well though.
If you're wondering if you can buy a better mobo for the processor you already have, chances are not likely seeing that it is about five years old.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
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September 20, 2014 1:44:53 AM

pacdrum_88 said:
Here is a decent MOBO for around that price. Obviously you would have to get a CPU as well though.
If you're wondering if you can buy a better mobo for the processor you already have, chances are not likely seeing that it is about five years old.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...


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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September 23, 2014 11:12:50 AM

No, at least not according to Passmark. It's pretty slow. The 250 would be closer. The 250x is the 7770.
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