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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>That is way too much card for that chipset, kind of with Alberto here.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Sure it will ‘work’ but also not sure what ‘bump the graphics’ means for you here and your use case may require it but in the absence of context, yeah that is kind of like putting a rocket on a Miata.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Not knowing what you are coming from and assuming you want to stay in the Nvidia GPU space I would say something like a 1030-1070 would be a reasonable balance (even then it is a bit of a stretch) as your board listed is PCI2.0 and you’ll barely be able to feed it to hit anywhere near the capacity.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Especially if you only need it for a year of so, now if you are looking to buy now to transplant into a new rig later well then yeah it will work but don’t expect to really get it’s value until that upgrade.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>--<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sean<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Roundtable <roundtable-bounces@muug.ca> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Alberto Abrao<br><b>Sent:</b> January 26, 2021 7:08 PM<br><b>To:</b> roundtable@muug.ca<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RndTbl] HW question<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 2021-01-26 6:31 p.m., Kevin McGregor wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hey would anyone like to venture an opinion? :-)<o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal>Always? :D<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Would this card:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX79541">GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER GAMING X 6GB PCI-E w/ HDMI, Triple DP</a> (PCIe 3.0) <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>likely work with this motherboard?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://origin-www.asus.com/Motherboards/M4A88TM/specifications/">ASUS M4A88T-M</a> (PCIe 2.0)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm looking for a solution to bump up the graphics on this PC for temporary use (i.e. next year or so).<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></blockquote><p>Yes, it will work. PCIe 3.0 cards are backwards compatible.<o:p></o:p></p><p>We could nerd about the PCIe 3.0 vs 2.0 bandwidth limits and if this card would ever go past that and so on, but it is pointless in your case. You will be limited by any processor this board can support *waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay* before you hit any limits on that GPU.<o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p><pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Alberto Abrao<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>204-202-1778 (Landline)<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>204-558-6886 (Mobile)<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:alberto@abrao.net">alberto@abrao.net</a><o:p></o:p></pre></div></body></html>