Graphics card wont register/PC wont Boot

Joxeon · 11 Jan 2020 at 20:47

If you can swap the Gpu for an nvidia gtx 10 series card then I'm pretty sure that would work with non uefi as I've had a gtx 1070ti running on both an old asus p55 1156 socket and 1366 socket which are a gen behind yours, the gtx 10 series are less power hungry also.

Mcnumpty2323 · 11 Jan 2020 at 20:52

Tyler Steele said:
Im going to seem really dense here but i dont know the difference between UEFI....? is it just a type of BIOS?

as already explained about uefi

on a lot of motherboards you can disable it in the bios and use legacy instead
but big OEM pre built pcs like dell,hp etc usually you get a very limited bios
guess that stops customers messing around in the bios too much for one thing

Tyler Steele · 13 Jan 2020 at 00:02

hominid said:
EUFI is the newer BIOS(Basic Input Output System) which is more secure mainly, but can look nicer and you can use the mouse etc - so yes.

So people still say BIOS they mean UEFI so UEFI is just a new version right?

Tyler Steele · 13 Jan 2020 at 00:03

hominid said:
You can get a motherboard/CPU/memory with the rest taken from the old machine. What games does he play mainly?

i already have 8gb memory so would just need a CPU/MOBO.

He mainly play fortnite, Rainbow 6 siege GTA.

Tyler Steele · 13 Jan 2020 at 00:04

Joxeon said:
If you can swap the Gpu for an nvidia gtx 10 series card then I'm pretty sure that would work with non uefi as I've had a gtx 1070ti running on both an old asus p55 1156 socket and 1366 socket which are a gen behind yours, the gtx 10 series are less power hungry also.

how much do they run?

Mcnumpty2323 · 13 Jan 2020 at 00:08

Tyler Steele said:
So people still say BIOS they mean UEFI so UEFI is just a new version right?

Yeah
Just us oldies tend to say bios out of habit lol
But although not in your case
It can have legacy or UEFI options inside it
Technically it's probably still bios with UEFI /legacy being an option inside the bios
Unless got a oem machine with limited bios like you have

Joxeon · 13 Jan 2020 at 00:57

Tyler Steele said:
how much do they run?

Runs perfect had no issues at all.

Tyler Steele · 13 Jan 2020 at 18:13

Joxeon said:
Runs perfect had no issues at all.

i meant prices sorry

Joxeon · 13 Jan 2020 at 21:45

You can pick up a used 1060 for about £100 but make sure it's the 6gb version, 1070s go for around 160+,Make sure it says evga, asus, msi etc Don't buy any non named brands as there's chinese fakes floating about. you could just swap out the motherboard and use the rx but you want to make sure it's got uefi before buying.

Tyler Steele · 15 Jan 2020 at 16:55

Joxeon said:
You can pick up a used 1060 for about £100 but make sure it's the 6gb version, 1070s go for around 160+,Make sure it says evga, asus, msi etc Don't buy any non named brands as there's chinese fakes floating about. you could just swap out the motherboard and use the rx but you want to make sure it's got uefi before buying.

the other option is to buy a new MOBO and CPU though. Im leaning towards that as i already have the graphics card and would prefer not to have to sell, just to buy another.

Can anyone help with what is really the minimum CPU im going to need? As ill be replacing the MOBO and CPU both i guess i could go AMD or INTEL now.

Tyler Steele · 1 Feb 2020 at 22:51

Hey thanks for the help everyone. A friend lent me a 1060 and i installed it and this now works perfectly!

Mcnumpty2323 · 1 Feb 2020 at 22:55

Tyler Steele said:
Hey thanks for the help everyone. A friend lent me a 1060 and i installed it and this now works perfectly!

Glad you got there in the end
Guess it probably was the problem
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