What GPU can i have?

[marrissey]

I have a "Gigabyte F2A78M-HD2 AMD Socket FM2+ Motherboard", all i want to know is what type of graphics card would i need?

I have a vague understanding that some motherboards can only support certain GPUs.. Or i could be totally wrong.

Help?

 

[TNA]

Ideally you should give us all your system specs. What resolution do you game or plan to game on? What PSU do you have? More info you give, better answer you are likely to get.

You can run any new graphics card on there, like say a GTX 1080 or Fury X.

 

[puppetworx]

You need a PCI-E (PCI-Express) graphics card, which is almost all new graphics cards.

The other types are PCI and AGP - which you do not want, but they're rare these days and are for use in legacy systems.

The motherboard you currently have supports graphics processors built into the CPU (APU) also.

Tell us what you need to use the system for and it's easier to help.

 

[queamin]

The FM2+ cpu/apu will bottle neck a high end gpu so we need to know your specs.

 

[marrissey]

Ideally you should give us all your system specs. What resolution do you game or plan to game on? What PSU do you have? More info you give, better answer you are likely to get.

You can run any new graphics card on there, like say a GTX 1080 or Fury X.

AMD A8-7670K 4.2GHz Quad Core CPu

Gigabyte F2A78M-HD2 AMD Socket FM2+ Motherboard

2x Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB DDR3 Ram

1TB SEAGATE BARACUDA SATA3 7200RPM 64MB Cache Hard Drive

500W Power Supply (unbranded)

24X DVD-RW Optical Drive

 

[marrissey]

The FM2+ cpu/apu will bottle neck a high end gpu so we need to know your specs.

AMD A8-7670K 4.2GHz Quad Core CPu

Gigabyte F2A78M-HD2 AMD Socket FM2+ Motherboard

Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB DDR3 Ram

1TB SEAGATE BARACUDA SATA3 7200RPM 64MB Cache Hard Drive

500W Power Supply (unbranded)

24X DVD-RW Optical Drive

 

[MDPlatts]

1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16
(The PCI Express x16 slot conforms to PCI Express 3.0 standard.)
* To support PCI Express 3.0, you must install an FM2+ APU.
1 x PCI Express x1 slot
(The PCI Express x1 slot conforms to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
1 x PCI slot

seems reasonably current unless you have a smaller/slower amd apu in there - also probably need to know psu make/model too - but as people said, so long as you stay away from top end stuff then you should be fine.

I can only presume you are using the built in amd radeon apu presently and now want something faster. I'd recommend the rx480 since you already are familar with radeon and it should be 7-8x faster than what you have (unless you are at the top end of the apu's) - but it depends on psu power but that should not be an issue unless its a pre-built system with just enough to run what it came with.

 

[TNA]

AMD A8-7670K 4.2GHz Quad Core CPu

Gigabyte F2A78M-HD2 AMD Socket FM2+ Motherboard

2x Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB DDR3 Ram

1TB SEAGATE BARACUDA SATA3 7200RPM 64MB Cache Hard Drive

500W Power Supply (unbranded)

24X DVD-RW Optical Drive

What resolution do you plan to game on? 1080p I assume?

From all the info you have given us so far, I would say get a non-reference RX480 or a GTX 1060.

Maybe even consider waiting for a RX470 if you do not want to spend too much, that would likely do the job to at 1080p.

 

[queamin]

I would say a amd 460/470/480 as you got a amd apu or you could go 1060 but they are £230+.
But the 460/470 are not out yet and we need to know how much you willing to spend.

 

[JTrickle]

I have a "Gigabyte F2A78M-HD2 AMD Socket FM2+ Motherboard", all i want to know is what type of graphics card would i need?

Case size and power supply can be factors if you are spending >£100

The gfx cards as big as an old wooden ruler (285mm) can have length issues. Cards that need additional power cables may need a better power supply than the one from a £300 PC you bought in a high street shop.

 

[pastymuncher]

500W Power Supply (unbranded)

Replace that as well. Generic psu's are garbage and will not get anywhere near their stated outputs, have cheap internal components, may be missing essential safety features and if they fail can take other components with them. Never, ever skimp on the psu. It is argueably the single most important component in a pc.

 

[Yrkoon]

500W Power Supply (unbranded)

as other guys have said i would replace that psu before getting a new gpu.

 

[Stealthploit]

well dont spend to much on a gpu i would go over 150-200 its gonna the system is going to bottleneck plus older motherboards cant supply high demand power via the pci-e

 

[Phil87]

I agree about replacing the power supply first, and then something like a GTX 1060 or RX 480 would be ideal as long as the CPU would not cause a bottleneck. Or if you'd rather spend less, wait for the RX 470 or GTX 1050 (or get a slightly older / 2nd hand GPU).