Gigabyte GTX 970 G1 Gaming compatibility

[mappore]

Hello fellas,

I am interested in the Gigabyte G1 Gaming Variant of the GTX970 but I am unsure if it will be able to work with my current pc.

I currently have (the relevant components to a card)

AsRock Extreme 4 Gen 3 Z68 motherboard
i5-2500K CPU
FSP Gold 80+ 750W PSU.

I've been reading a few forums and seeing that the GTX900 series doesn't work with the Z68 chipsets. What do you guys think? will there be any incompatibility issues with this?

 

[lehtv]

In principle, there is no reason for any conflict between GTX 900 series and Z68. The motherboard doesn't care what the graphics card is as long as there's a PCIe 2.0/3.0 x16 slot to put it in.

However, if there is some real incompatibility issue there, I'm pretty sure it only affects a small minority of users and even then there must be a workaround, like updating the motherboard BIOS. It only takes a small minority for something like this to pop up in google, because what you don't see in google is all those reports of GTX 970 working just fine on Z68.

 

[mappore]

ahhhh alright, I might just go for it then, thanks for the help mate!

 

[mfenn]

In principle, there is no reason for any conflict between GTX 900 series and Z68. The motherboard doesn't care what the graphics card is as long as there's a PCIe 2.0/3.0 x16 slot to put it in.

However, if there is some real incompatibility issue there, I'm pretty sure it only affects a small minority of users and even then there must be a workaround, like updating the motherboard BIOS. It only takes a small minority for something like this to pop up in google, because what you don't see in google is all those reports of GTX 970 working just fine on Z68.

:thumbsup: Agree.

 

[daveybrat]

As long as you have the latest bios update for your motherboard there should be no reason that a GTX 970 shouldn't work in your system.

 

[Charlie98]

Rocking the Evga GTX970 in my 2500K/Z68 Gaming rig... never a problem.

If I were to guess, with those having problems, it boils down to drivers and/or old mobo BIOS.

 

[cruzinforit]

Rocking the Evga GTX970 in my 2500K/Z68 Gaming rig... never a problem.

If I were to guess, with those having problems, it boils down to drivers and/or old mobo BIOS.

This. 2500k, ASUS P8Z68-V Pro/Gen3, and EVGA GTX 970 here. No issues.