Gigabyte GTX1060 on Gigabyte GA-H61M-S2P-B3?

ziant1207 · Aug 23, 2016

I'm currently using GPU Gigabyte GTX 660 OC 2GB on Motherboard GA-H61M-S2P-B3. I'm planning to upgrade my GPU to either Gigabyte GTX 1060 Windforce OC 6GB or Gigabyte GTX 1060 G1 Gaming 6GB but both GPU are PCI-E 3.0 x16 while my current Motherboard is PCI-E 2.0 x16.

Will it be compatible? Will it have huge impact on performance? Because I don't really plan to buy a new Motherboard right now.

Tradesman1 · Aug 23, 2016

Should be fine, might check for latest BIOS and mobo drivers....also what CPU? it may bottleneck the GPU

ziant1207 · Aug 23, 2016

Tradesman1 :

I regularly check for drivers though.
Using i5 3470. Do I need to upgrade CPU as well? if yes, any recommendation?

Tradesman1 · Aug 23, 2016

3470 should be fine

ziant1207 · Aug 23, 2016

Tradesman1 :

alright. thanks, Tradesman1!

Tradesman1 · Aug 23, 2016

No worries