Will a GTX 960 run in a 1xPCIe x16 Expansion Slot?

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
Solution
BSOD BSTD
yes it will run, provided your PSU can handle it, as I said before, the 960 is a low power card, esp. considering its capabilities. just make sure you can fit it into your case.

You should also get a new mboard as soon as you can. That mboard only supports PCIe 1, gtx960 is pcie 2.0 but will work in the 1.0 slot, however this means a slower data transfer rate = you wont be getting the most out of the card.

Same goes for the RAM, that mboard supports DDR2 RAM, you'll get better performance with DDR3.

So definitely buy the GPU, but I would also buy a new mboard and new RAM when you get the chance, you will really notice the difference then. That Mboard will throttle the 960 a bit unfortunately.
Sort by date Sort by votes
BSOD BSTD

BSOD BSTD

Honorable
Nov 21, 2013
966
0
11,660
yes it is a pci-e x16 card. please can you tell us your mboard model so we can check. Does you mboard have pci-e 1 or 2.0?

The GTX960 is quite a low powered card so your old PSU should be ok, what wattage is it? Also be aware that modern graphics cards are BIG. check the dimensions of the card online and see if you have room in your case for it, mine only just fit.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
M

morsio

Reputable
May 23, 2014
36
0
4,530


https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P5KPLAMPS/specifications/
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
King_Potato

King_Potato

Honorable
May 13, 2014
292
0
10,860


That motherboard only has PCIe 1.0. Not 2.0. It will work, obviously, but the bottleneck will be rather severe; there will be an impact on your graphics card's performance.
 
Upvote 1 Downvote
BSOD BSTD

BSOD BSTD

Honorable
Nov 21, 2013
966
0
11,660
yes it will run, provided your PSU can handle it, as I said before, the 960 is a low power card, esp. considering its capabilities. just make sure you can fit it into your case.

You should also get a new mboard as soon as you can. That mboard only supports PCIe 1, gtx960 is pcie 2.0 but will work in the 1.0 slot, however this means a slower data transfer rate = you wont be getting the most out of the card.

Same goes for the RAM, that mboard supports DDR2 RAM, you'll get better performance with DDR3.

So definitely buy the GPU, but I would also buy a new mboard and new RAM when you get the chance, you will really notice the difference then. That Mboard will throttle the 960 a bit unfortunately.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Solution
M

morsio

Reputable
May 23, 2014
36
0
4,530


I already have a LGA 2011-V3 system, so DDR4, i7-5930k, Samsung 850 EVO, 2x Gigabyte 970 G1 in SLI.
My old computer though, needs an upgrade, I have it since 2007, but now it's collecting dust, so I was thinking of reusing it as HTPC without spending a big amount of cash, and the GPU upgrade made a lot of sense. I don't need to make the most out of the GPU, I'll be watching 1080p content at most.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
King_Potato

King_Potato

Honorable
May 13, 2014
292
0
10,860


In that case, you'll be better off saving money by buying a card that's not bottlenecked by PCI express. If watching 1080p videos is all you're gonna do, something like a GT 730 will be more than enough.
 
Upvote 1 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom