Compatibility check with GTX 1060

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My current build:
intel DQ67SW motherboard
i5-2500
8GB G.SKill ram
EVGA GTX 960 SSC 4GB
240GB Kingston SSD and a 1TB HDD
wondering if i were to upgrade to a GTX 1060 if there would be compatibility issues, most parts in my system are quite old so i am debating just custom building a new PC since this was one i bought cheap then upgraded slightly, my only thought is im not sure if a 1060 would work on Legacy bios, if anyone knows of any compatibility issues that would be great, im looking at a couple of the cheaper remakes such as the ones below.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814126133&cm_re=gtx_1060-_-14-126-133-_-Product

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487267&cm_re=gtx_1060-_-14-487-267-_-Product

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500405&cm_re=gtx_1060-_-14-500-405-_-Product
 
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You have to ask your self if 2 megabytes of cache 200mhz and 4 extra threads(These are not actual cores) are with it to you.

If you worked with lots of video/image editing I would jump right in.

The only downside is you will have an overclocking friendly cpu with a less overclocking friendly board.

I am going to dig out an old legacy(core2 board) to make sure that the card WILL work(just because I do technically have an uefi board)

Edit.

Yeah good old P35 had no issues running the(1070 in this case) card.
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The real interesting part was I thought it would not work due to my lack of an 8 pin pci-e cable. The led lit white(it is red without any cable) so I powered it up and it worked...
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I would not see a reason for it to not work with your setup.

I have a Z68 system and a 1070 works fine with it(it is uefi, but is early uefi and is booting in legacy mode anyway).

The Asus Dual fan card cooler is a bit underwhelming as a 1070 cooler(when compared to many other aftermarket cards), but should be ok as a 1060 cooler. It is strange, the cooler looks like it is fairly well made.

If they used the same board it looks like this(just in case you are wondering).
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thank you for your answer, and i myself am surprised in the quality of the 1000 series, the 1060 gives off amazing benchmarks for such a cheap card which i found odd as nvidia dont usually go that cheap, but thanks for the feedback, if i decided to get a 1060 i will order it soon, otherwise i may wait and build a new pc from the ground up to get more up to date hardware and maybe put a 1070 in it, regardless thanks for your help
 
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tbh im not 100% sure on the PSU as i did buy this pc and upgrade it, it is an enermax modu 82+ its either 525w or 625w, but regardless the 1060 takes less power then my 960, so that shouldn't be an issue
 
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PSU - power draw as you just said is not an issue.

Performance should go up roughly 2X (i.e. 60FPS instead of 30FPS) but won't be quite as high for more CPU bottlenecked titles.

THIS average is done with a better CPU:
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_1060/26.html

The HITMAN benchmark was 2.44X faster on the GTX1060 which indicates newer and future titles should scale better, though part of that may be a VRAM issue with the GTX960 not having enough.

*Which reminds me... make sure you get a 6GB card, not 3GB.
 
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one more question for you, i can buy a used i7-2700k for about $115 canadian, would you recommend i do that for a fairly big upgrade, or am i wasting too much money on an old system and should i just save up money and custom build a pc from scratch?
 
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You have to ask your self if 2 megabytes of cache 200mhz and 4 extra threads(These are not actual cores) are with it to you.

If you worked with lots of video/image editing I would jump right in.

The only downside is you will have an overclocking friendly cpu with a less overclocking friendly board.

I am going to dig out an old legacy(core2 board) to make sure that the card WILL work(just because I do technically have an uefi board)

Edit.

Yeah good old P35 had no issues running the(1070 in this case) card.
6r7n90.jpg


The real interesting part was I thought it would not work due to my lack of an 8 pin pci-e cable. The led lit white(it is red without any cable) so I powered it up and it worked.
29ykp6v.jpg


I did NOT install drivers or stress it(Nvidia does not have Vista drivers. They supported XP way longer than Vista[overall number of years after release].). This was just to ensure it would start on an older board.
 
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I just talked with Asus support and while they are different companies, Asus said that their motherboard may work and it may not with the PCI x 16 2.0 slot, since the 1060 is PCI 3.0. They said 50 50 chance. I called them because I just got the MSI 1060 6GT, and the HDMI and DVI slot wouldn't work, but the fan was running on the card, so I'm thinking it may not actually work. Haven't tried the display port.
 
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I am sure some boards may have issues, but It should not be pci-e 2.0 slot limited(maybe another bios issue).

My image above has the 3.0 card in a 1.1 slot. Even my old 650ti is 3.0 card in a 2.0 board.

 
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i ended up building a new PC had it for two days now and it is incredible, i even get 60fps on fallout 4 on ultra w/ 4k
I5-6600
MSI-H110m gaming
Gigabyte G1 Windforce GTX 1070
EVGA supernova G2 550w
16gb DDR4 @2400mhz
it was well worth the money rather then doing another upgrade
 
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