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abood_4444 · ‎04-04-2017

hi

i need to upgrade my gtx 680 to gtx 1060

i dont know if my motheboard can handle a gtx 1060

bios update 8.21

this is my pc

motherboard how to know if you have a PCIE (gen 3.0)

http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=c03704723

i7 3770k

gtx 680 upgrade to gtx 1060

power 600wat

someone told me your motherboard can't handle more than VRAM 2g realy i dont understand in hardwares plz help : )

erico · ‎04-05-2017

If the GTX 980ti worked, then a GTX 1050ti 4-8GB card should work as well.

Unfortunately, there aren't any GTX 1060ti cards on the market.

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erico · ‎04-05-2017

Unfortunately, it would be a gamble.

There are very few manufactured PC's that will accept a video card that has only UEFI BIOS support.

Your PC has the version 8 BIOS and is UEFI, so it still might work. It gets a bit dodgy when you have to disable secure boot in BIOS. That should allow the video card to be recognized in the pre-boot sequence before getting to a Windows login screen on your PC.

That bit about your PC only accepting a video card with 2GB of discrete memory is bogus information.

If you want a powerful video card that will play virtually any game on the market and that will work with you PC then go with an AMD\ATI Radeon HD PCIe x16 version.

Take a look at Sapphiretech.com.

http://www.sapphiretech.com/catapage_pd.asp?cataid=271&lang=eng

Look at the r7 300 and r9 300 series cards. Check the specs to ensure that the candidate card has UEFI and legacy BIOS support.I suggest using a version with 4GB or more onboard discrete memory.

There are also Hybrid video cards that are produced by MSI.

http://event.msi.com/2014/vga/Hybrid_BIOS/

Take a look to NewEgg.com after you have developed your list of upgrade candidate PCIe x 16 video card with hybrid BIOS. Dual BIOS on the video cards is a misnomer. It just has the extra BIOS for overclocking, not for UEFI\Legacy BIOS support.

You will need a PSU that has 8 and 6 PCIe power connectors for the beastie cards with 4 GB and more iscrete memory onboard.

YOur PC does have a PCIe Gen 3 slot. That is a strange and inaccurate ststement in the specs you linked to.

"1 PCI Express x16 (Gen 3.0 for i5 and i7 Ivy Bridge processors, all others Gen 2.0) "

See the video section at the following URL for the motherboard. There is one PCIe x 16 Gen3 slot on the motherboard.

http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-c03132942

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abood_4444 · ‎04-05-2017

i had a gtx 980ti it was working good without any problem

and i sold it now i have the old GPU soon i'll buy the gtx 1060

i dont know what UEFI but can i go with gtx 1060 ?

without any problem ?

erico · ‎04-05-2017

If the GTX 980ti worked, then a GTX 1050ti 4-8GB card should work as well.

Unfortunately, there aren't any GTX 1060ti cards on the market.

I am a volunteer forum member, not an HP employee. If my suggestion solved your issue, don't forget to mark that post as the accepted solution. If you want to say thanks, click on the Yes button next to the "was this reply helpful?"

abood_4444 · ‎04-05-2017

ok thanks

dose my motherboard compatible with a gtx 1060

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