Is the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 compatible with my motherboard?

Synestive · May 27, 2016

I want to purchase the new GTX 1070 when it comes out and am curious if my motherboard is compatible with this card.

My motherboard: asrock h81m-itx/wifi

CapyWarrior · May 27, 2016

Define what you mean by compatible. This card will indeed fit (provided you have no other cards in the pci slot) and it will run but you will see a very weak performance as the slot on the board is PCIe 2.0 not 3.0. Large cards such as this are made for the best slots and you will be bottlenecking with the motherboard. It will run but I would replace the motherboard first if you needed a performance boost.

Synestive · May 27, 2016

CapyWarrior :

By compatible I do want to see a performance boost by purchasing the GeForce 1070. Can you recommend another motherboard that has PCIe 3.0 and is a similar size to the current motherboard I have? The reason I have this motherboard is because my case is this

CapyWarrior · May 27, 2016

Synestive :

You will almost certainly see some type of performance boost from the new card, The question is how much. This board: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asrock-motherboard-h97mitxac has pcie 3.0 and will cause less of a bottleneck but mini-itx is really not that good for gaming. If I were you I would seriously consider grabbing a full atx case and a better motherboard.

SkyNetRising · May 27, 2016

I strongly doubt that 1070 will get bottlenecked by PCIE2.0 x16
For example GTX980 performance difference from PCIE2.0 to PCIE3.0 is around 1-2% (depending on game).

QiCk2099 · Jun 18, 2016

CapyWarrior :

Synestive :

What moronic forum myth are you subscribing to to come up with that BS? There is absolutely no evidence or reasoning that you can possibly come up with to back such a stupid claim. Mini ITX is a physical form factor. Nothing more. It still uses the same chipsets, the same chokes, the same PCIe Lane designs. Is there a potential performance deference between a cheaply made board that happens to be using the H81 chipset versus a ROG series Z97 motherboard? Sure, but the particular form factor of the motherboard has absolutely NO bearing what-so-ever on that. So yes, TECHNICALLY you may see a miniscule difference in performance between a top of the line gaming motherboard and your current board during synthetic benchmarks, but in actual real world use, you will never notice it and it certainly isn't worth a $200+ investment and form factor/case change. Especially as I assume that your original H81 choice was a value based decision to begin with.
Don't listen to morons that exist only to spout off nonsense theories they read somewhere else posted by other morons and do your own REAL research.
I don't post very often because I prefer to take my questions and search out factual evidence to support, or disprove theory. Not just soak in opinion based nonsense shouted out and repeated as doctrine by idiot fanboys and, for all you know, 13yr old children that watched too many old hacker movies and think that qualifies them to have an opinion.

BakedPotato01 · Oct 16, 2016

QiCk2099 :

CapyWarrior :

Synestive :

What moronic forum myth are you subscribing to to come up with that BS? There is absolutely no evidence or reasoning that you can possibly come up with to back such a stupid claim. Mini ITX is a physical form factor. Nothing more. It still uses the same chipsets, the same chokes, the same PCIe Lane designs. Is there a potential performance deference between a cheaply made board that happens to be using the H81 chipset versus a ROG series Z97 motherboard? Sure, but the particular form factor of the motherboard has absolutely NO bearing what-so-ever on that. So yes, TECHNICALLY you may see a miniscule difference in performance between a top of the line gaming motherboard and your current board during synthetic benchmarks, but in actual real world use, you will never notice it and it certainly isn't worth a $200+ investment and form factor/case change. Especially as I assume that your original H81 choice was a value based decision to begin with.
Don't listen to morons that exist only to spout off nonsense theories they read somewhere else posted by other morons and do your own REAL research.
I don't post very often because I prefer to take my questions and search out factual evidence to support, or disprove theory. Not just soak in opinion based nonsense shouted out and repeated as doctrine by idiot fanboys and, for all you know, 13yr old children that watched too many old hacker movies and think that qualifies them to have an opinion.

qick2099, you seem like you know alot, i am mediocre at the pc game now. I have a question, i have just purchased a GTX 1070 SC, from a GTX 960 4gb gaming edition. my build

i5 4460
H81m-plus
GTX 1070 SC - soon to be currently - GTX 960 4gb
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