April 7, 20179 yr Hi guys, I am about to pull the trigger and upgrade my GTX470 to a GTX1060. They are both GDDR5 PCI express cards but will the GTX1060 be compatible with my P6X58D-E X58 MOBO (Socket 1366 DDR3)? My system is about 7 years old. I7 950 @ 4ghz with 6 gb RAM and SATA HDD if that helps you. Any advice greatly appreciated Martin Martin Woulfe Computer Specs Mobo P6X58D-E, CPU i7-950 @ 4.0 GHz, GPU GTX470, 6GB DDR3 RAM FSX PMDG J41, PMDG MD11, Flight 1 BN Islander, EZCA, ASE, REX, SimplatesX, Ultimate Traffic 2, FS Global 2010, Ground Env X (Europe), Ultimate Terrain X (Europe) Aerosoft LFPG, EDDF UK2000 EGPH, EGLL, EGSS, EGGP Fly Tampa St Maarten, St Barths, SABA, Grenadines
April 7, 20179 yr A 1060 should work fine in your X58 mobo. PCI-E 3 gcards are downwards compatible with PCI-E 2 slots. Just be sure your PSU can handle the new card (which it probably can, I guess). CPU: AMD 9800X3D PBO MB +200 CO -25| Motherboard: MSI MAG X870e Tomahawk WiFi | GPU: MSI RTX 5090 Ventus 3X OC | RAM: G.Skill 2x32GB DDR5 6000 cas 30 | M.2 SSDs: Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2T, WD Black SN750 M.2 1T | Hard Drive: WD Black HDD 6T 7200 | Optical Drive: LG Bluray writer, internal | Cooling: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO | Case: Fractal Design Focus G | PSU: NZXT C1200 1200W Win 11 Pro 64|HP Reverb G2 revised VR HMD|Asus 25" IPS 2K 60Hz monitor|Saitek X52 Pro & Peddles|TIR 5 (now retired)
April 7, 20179 yr Hi Folks, Don't expect miracles - a year or so ago I upgraded my i2700K at 4.7 Ghz from a top end GTX570 to a top end GTX970 - performance increases seemed negligible... Regards, Scott
April 7, 20179 yr 25 minutes ago, Gonemad said: A 1060 should work fine in your X58 mobo. PCI-E 3 gcards are downwards compatible with PCI-E 2 slots. Just be sure your PSU can handle the new card (which it probably can, I guess). This is what I think too. The card probably won't perform at its peak (MB might not fully support the card's full bandwidth capability), but would be still a nice upgrade. Richard Chafey i7-8700K @4.8GHz - 32Gb @3200 - ASUS ROG Maximus X Hero - EVGA RTX3090 - 3840x2160 Res - KBSim Gunfighter - Thrustmaster Warthog dual throttles - Crosswind V3 pedals MSFS 2020, DCS
April 8, 20179 yr On 7 April 2017 at 0:04 PM, wolfee said: They are both GDDR5 PCI express cards but will the GTX1060 be compatible with my P6X58D-E X58 MOBO (Socket 1366 DDR3)? My system is about 7 years old. I7 950 @ 4ghz with 6 gb RAM and SATA HDD if that helps you. You should have no problems running it on the X58. The performance difference with a PCIe 2.0 board is small. Have a look at http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/pci-express-scaling-game-performance-analysis-review,1.html for a comprehensive explanation - long article but worth reading. To quote from the conclusion: "As the article has shown, if you use a single high-end graphics card then really, even the PCIe Gen 1.1 slot would be sufficient. Gen 2.0 is preferred and Gen 3.0 only brings in a marginal improvement." i7-14700k | Asus ROG STRIX Z790-F Gaming WIFI | 32GB DDR5 RAM | MSI RTX 4080 Super | WD Black SN850X 1TB & 2TB | Corsair HX1000i ATX3.0 | MSI MAG401QR 40" monitor | Win 11 Pro 64-bit | Meta Quest 3
April 10, 20179 yr Author Ok guys thanks for your replies. I went and bought an X52 instead of the graphics card (impulse buy). Anyways, ill probably get a 1060 as the starting point of a full system overhaul in the next month or two when I have a few bob available again. Martin Martin Woulfe Computer Specs Mobo P6X58D-E, CPU i7-950 @ 4.0 GHz, GPU GTX470, 6GB DDR3 RAM FSX PMDG J41, PMDG MD11, Flight 1 BN Islander, EZCA, ASE, REX, SimplatesX, Ultimate Traffic 2, FS Global 2010, Ground Env X (Europe), Ultimate Terrain X (Europe) Aerosoft LFPG, EDDF UK2000 EGPH, EGLL, EGSS, EGGP Fly Tampa St Maarten, St Barths, SABA, Grenadines
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