i7 870 strong enough for RX 470?

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MrMoistWalrus

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I am going to be upgrading to the Sapphire Nitro+ RX 470 soon and was wondering if my i7-870 would bottleneck the card. If so by how much?
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basroil
The chip is perfectly fine, but the current consensus is that 400 series cards mandate UEFI. If your mobo has UEFI, you'll be all set, if not, might want to consider a GTX950/960 instead
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MrMoistWalrus

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How would I be able to check if my motherboard has UEFI?
 
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Easiest way is to simply restart the computer and read the bios version from the bios. After that look online. You can also just check the manufacturer page to see if they have ANY UEFI version for your board. If they don't, there may be problems. If they do, simply download and update the firmware to the newest UEFI version
 
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Would my computer boot even without changing to UEFI? Or is this something i have to change
 
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MrMoistWalrus

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I did a little more research and ended up finding this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/4rnslu/uefi_bios_for_rx_4xx_series_of_cards/

and

https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/4rrlim/psa_if_your_rx_480_refuses_to_boot_to_the_bios/

The first one says they could run it fine on legacy Bios and the second one says that I'd have to update my Bios.
Would a simple Bios update help?
 
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