GT 1030 with a motherboard from 2005 ?????

[27MaD]

Hello, i have a super old motherboard , its the GA-945GCM-S2C and i have a stupid grforce 210 1gb.
i am thinking about upgrading to the gt 1030 but i have heard that the modern gpus will have compatibility issues with old motherboards with award bios.
so have any one tried to put a modern gpu in a old mobo???
note the latest bios update for my mobo was in 2010/9/1 and its beta bios)

 

[natr0n]

They are made for older systems. It should work just fine.

 

[27MaD]

They are made for older systems. It should work just fine.

sorry, didnt understand.

 

[qubit]

Buy it from somewhere that allows returns and try it. While it might well not work, there's enough chance it will that it's worth trying.

 

[jboydgolfer]

Just be certain that it's the proper interface as the slot on the motherboard. It would suck to order a PCI-E video card , for a motherboard with agp, ot pci

 

[MrGenius]

It'll work. There was some compatibility issues with agp cards with pci-e bridge chips on some older mobos. But it doesn't apply here(no agp on that mobo).

My 2013 pci-e 3.0 card works just fine on my 2007 pci-e 1.1 mobo(which has award bios). So I'm not just talking out of my ass.

 

[GoldenX]

The Core 2 Duo will limit it's performace, but it should work like a charm.
Looks interesting to have almost the same amount of VRAM as RAM.

 

[eidairaman1]

If you have a local shop, have them try it as a safe measure, it would cut out spending unnecessary money, if it posts you should be fine

 

[27MaD]

Buy it from somewhere that allows returns and try it. While it might well not work, there's enough chance it will that it's worth trying.

thats the proplem i am not sure if the sellers will accebt to open a brand new gpu box and the return it.

Just be certain that it's the proper interface as the slot on the motherboard. It would suck to order a PCI-E video card , for a motherboard with agp, ot pci

yes i have a pci express *16

It'll work. There was some compatibility issues with agp cards with pci-e bridge chips on some older mobos. But it doesn't apply here(no agp on that mobo).

My 2013 pci-e 3.0 card works just fine on my 2007 pci-e 1.1 mobo(which has award bios). So I'm not just talking out of my ass.

agp interface are dead!!

The Core 2 Duo will limit it's performace, but it should work like a charm.
Looks interesting to have almost the same amount of VRAM as RAM.

LOL, well at gigabyte website it says that it needs minimum of 2 gb ram (4gb recommended) i have 3gb so i think i should be fine.
about the cpu the core 2 duos are not that bad as you think, btw the bottlenecker website says that my cpu and the gt 1030 will produce only 3% of bottleneck.!

If you have a local shop, have them try it as a safe measure, it would cut out spending unnecessary money, if it posts you should be fine

thanks for the advice

thats the proplem i am not sure if the sellers will accebt to open a brand new gpu box and the return it.


yes i have a pci express *16


agp interface are dead!!


LOL, well at gigabyte website it says that it needs minimum of 2 gb ram (4gb recommended) i have 3gb so i think i should be fine.
about the cpu the core 2 duos are not that bad as you think, btw the bottlenecker website says that my cpu and the gt 1030 will produce only 3% of bottleneck.!


thanks for the advice. my bios is updated to the latest version(F6d 2010/9/1).

 

[Vya Domus]

Actually I am not sure it will work , I know these recent Pascal cards don't do well on non-UEFI motherboards.

 

[27MaD]

Actually I am not sure it will work , I know these recent Pascal cards don't do well on non-UEFI motherboards.

my head is gonna blow up,i don't know what to do some people say it should work fine and others say no it won't.

 

[Vya Domus]

I'd say buy it and return it if it doesn't work.

 

[27MaD]

I'd say buy it and return it if it doesn't work.

i dont want to take a risk (because i am not rich and i have been saving up for a long time) and pay the money and then it dosent work and the motherfucking sellers won't accept it back .

 

[FireFox]

I'd say buy it and return it if it doesn't work.

He was very clear in post #9 or read below

i am not sure if the sellers will accebt to open a brand new gpu box and the return it.

i dont want to take a risk (because i am not rich and i have been saving up for a long time) and pay the money and then it dosent work and the motherfucking sellers won't accept it back .

If you pay with paypal you have the PayPal buyer Protection

 

[Vya Domus]

i dont want to take a risk (because i am not rich and i have been saving up for a long time) and pay the money and then it dosent work and the motherfucking sellers won't accept it back .

Where are you from and from where are you trying to buy ? I am pretty sure all major places accept that.

 

[R0H1T]

Hello, i have a super old motherboard , its the GA-945GCM-S2C and i have a stupid grforce 210 1gb.
i am thinking about upgrading to the gt 1030 but i have heard that the modern gpus will have compatibility issues with old motherboards with award bios.
so have any one tried to put a modern gpu in a old mobo???
note the latest bios update for my mobo was in 2010/9/1 and its beta bios)

You mean UEFI only could be a problem, AMI or Award BIOS has nothing to with it.
If the 1030 doesn't work with (legacy) BIOS then there's no workaround for it, it may depend on the particular card though I could be wrong.

 

[qubit]

thats the proplem i am not sure if the sellers will accebt to open a brand new gpu box and the return it.

Are you able to buy from Amazon? You haven't told us which country you live in.

 

[27MaD]

Are you able to buy from Amazon? You haven't told us which country you live in.

yes i can buy from amazon , i live in saudi arabia

It'll work. There was some compatibility issues with agp cards with pci-e bridge chips on some older mobos. But it doesn't apply here(no agp on that mobo).

My 2013 pci-e 3.0 card works just fine on my 2007 pci-e 1.1 mobo(which has award bios). So I'm not just talking out of my ass.

could you tell me whats your gpu ??

looks like i have one decision to do and its buying a used gpu from 2009-2014, i was thinking about maybe a (gts not gtx) 450 or the gtx 750 ti or the gtx 650,something like these gpus.

 

[agent_x007]

945GC + GTX 1080 FE :

Valid : https://www.3dmark.com/fs/15587676
Should work fine.
Also, more VRAM than RAM :

https://imgur.com/0RO61UU

 

[27MaD]

945GC + GTX 1080 FE :
View attachment 102030
Valid : https://www.3dmark.com/fs/15587676
Should work fine.
Also, more VRAM than RAM :

https://imgur.com/0RO61UU

WTF IS THIS !!!,did you know that i was going to buy a used zotac gtx 650 ti before i saw this ! thats weird a gtx 1080 with a 945GC chipset

 

[agent_x007]

Personally, I find PGA 478 Celeron more weird, but I guess everybody has it's eyes on something else

 

[R0H1T]

Personally, I find PGA 478 Celeron more weird, but I guess everybody has it's eyes on something else

Is that a DIY kill your free time pet project

 

[agent_x007]

It's free time project - Yes.

 

[27MaD]

thanks to all of you guys i think i have taken my final decision (zotac gtx 650 ti).

 

[eidairaman1]

I would of taken system to a local shop and verified 1 works in the system.

Ohwell.