Is my Motherboard compatible with the newer graphics card...

[Evoking1230]

Hi All,

Ive really been out of touch in the PC world, but its time to upgrade my son's gaming rig.

He has a MSI 760GMA-P34 (FX) motherboard.

Would I be able to run a
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 DirectX 12 GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING 6G 6GB 192-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 ATX Video Card

I know I have to upgrade his power supply. He currently has a 300W but I was thinking of getting a 700W Power supply.

And If I am able to run that combo, would i need to upgrade anything else?

If I cant upgrade, what motherboard would you recommend?

Thanks in advance!

 

[CraptacularOne]

It should work fine in that motherboard. What CPU does he have in it currently? Honestly I would look into a complete overhaul if your budget permits, pretty much every single AMD CPU that fits into that board will be a pretty substantial bottleneck in performance with a GTX 1060. May bhe a better idea to look into a Ryzen 5 based CPU if you want to stay with AMD or maybe look into a Intel Pentium G4560 based system.

 

[Evoking1230]

Shoot, I totally forgot about considering whether the CPU would be able to keep up.

Thank you for your insight, much appreciated.

 

[RLGL]

It may be best to contact MSI and get their opinion hardware wise. Also Nvidia to see if the rig meets the requirements for the software to run