Looking for a Matching Graphics Card for My Intel Pentium Processor (Budget Under $200)

DarklingGolem50 · Dec 5, 2017

I Need to buy a Graphics Card for my Old PC. It Has an Intel Pentium E5700, 4 GB DDR3, and an Asus P5G41T M LX Motherboard.

My Price Range is Below: Php 10,000/$200

vapour · Dec 5, 2017

1050 ti or 1060 3gb will do.

TJ Hooker · Dec 5, 2017

vapour :

That mobo might be too old to have a UEFI BIOS, in which case I don't believe a 10 series Nvidia card would work.

@OP maybe you can find a cheap GTX 750 (Ti). I think those should work with your mobo.

EpIckFa1LJoN · Dec 5, 2017

There's exactly one 1060 3Gb in that price range If you want that I would get it. (Newegg Philippines shows Gigabyte card for 10,000php all the others are 11,000+)

Otherwise a 1050 Ti is the best you can afford.

vapour · Dec 5, 2017

TJ Hooker :

Googled a bunch and many claimed 1050 ti is supported on the mb.

@ OP

Make sure you update your BIOS to latest

EpIckFa1LJoN · Dec 5, 2017

I was unaware of the BIOS issue.

TJ is right a 10 series card might not work without a UEFI BIOS.

I would venture to say it is more likely than not.

EpIckFa1LJoN · Dec 5, 2017

I've seen several posts that say that 10 series is NOT supported without UEFI, can't find one that does.

TJ Hooker · Dec 5, 2017

EpIckFa1LJoN :

Yeah, that's the conclusion I've come to as well from what I've seen, although unfortunately I was never able to find any official sources on the matter.

The thing is I'm not sure that that mobo doesn't have UEFI. I just guessed it might not due to its age (and the fact there's no mention of UEFI on its product page).

vapour · Dec 5, 2017

@ all above

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LD-M9TFwPE showing it is supported, just need to make sure BIOS is up to date. It is not about UEFI or not, just the bios can recognize or not.

EpIckFa1LJoN · Dec 5, 2017

That would explain why I have never heard about this issue until now and why there is literally no information about a BIOS requirement on the Nvidia site. Out of date BIOS = BAD.

vapour · Dec 5, 2017

EpIckFa1LJoN :

It depends on the MB manufacturer, if they stopped updating bios to recognize 10xx GPU, you are screwed. However, for this mb, they seemed to finish the job

EpIckFa1LJoN · Dec 5, 2017

vapour :

Good to know thanks for the info.

TJ Hooker · Dec 5, 2017

vapour :

The idea that it's just an issue of manufacturers updating the BIOS to support each new gen of GPUs doesn't make sense though. The latest BIOS for that mobo was released over 5 years ago, clearly there's no way they could have added anything about supporting Geforce 10.

I don't fully understand this either though.

EpIckFa1LJoN · Dec 5, 2017

This is getting too confusing...

vapour · Dec 5, 2017

I should have chosen better words, for modern BIOS or any BIOS updates happening after first 10xx series GPU comes out, it should support.
However, for legacy mbs, no matter UEFI or not, it may or may not support 10xx series GPU. From all the posts I see, you can only try it to know. My strategy is to google exact same motherboard and 1050/1030 and see if anyone has succeeded running, if so, it should be fine.

urbina.christian123 · Dec 5, 2017

For the GPU, I suggest the Evga GTX 1050ti SSC. Works great off only mobo power, can also be overclocked with pin connector.

DarklingGolem50 · Dec 6, 2017

I would get a 1050 Ti Then

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