Better take a 3080 10GB (there is more sap in it).

Originally posted by The Grin:

Better take a 3080 10GB (there is more sap in it).

No, i have 3060 12gb

Originally posted by LionGoodWay:

Originally posted by The Grin:

Better take a 3080 10GB (there is more sap in it).

No, i have 3060 12gb

You asking for installation?

it should work

but newer games will need a much stronger cpu
older i5/i7 (2nd-7th gen i series) like that are quad core, i7 adds ht

newer cpus have 6-8 or more cores and are so much better core performance
and more performance per clock with higher clocks

just to compare
3770k to and i3 14100
https://technical.city/en/cpu/Core-i3-14100-vs-Core-i7-3770K
both quad with ht
same base clock, but i3 has higher turbo
3770k = 3.5-3.9, 14100 = 3.5-4.7
the new i3 is well over twice as fast

your board does have a pci-e x16 3.0 slot, which will be fine for the 3060
but the gpu can use 12g of vram, with only 16g of system ram, it will work, but wont be able to use all of its vram if it needed to

Originally posted by BOBTOMAS:

Originally posted by LionGoodWay:

No, i have 3060 12gb

You asking for installation?

Sure, for gaming

Originally posted by _I_:

it should work

but newer games will need a much stronger cpu
older i5/i7 (2nd-7th gen i series) like that are quad core, i7 adds ht

newer cpus have 6-8 or more cores and are so much better core performance
and more performance per clock with higher clocks

just to compare
3770k to and i3 14100
https://technical.city/en/cpu/Core-i3-14100-vs-Core-i7-3770K
both quad with ht
same base clock, but i3 has higher turbo
3770k = 3.5-3.9, 14100 = 3.5-4.7
but the new i3 is well over twice as fast

your board does have a pci-e x16 3.0 slot, which will be fine for the 3060
but the gpu can use 12g of vram, with only 16g of system ram, it will work, but wont be able to use all of its vram if it needed to

Cool. Will there be full driver compatibility, and will there be no black screens? Bios firmware 1902

drivers depend on the os
if its running win 10 it will be fine

black screen may be psu, or display problems too

if your current gpu is giving black screen problems, a new gpu may not help

Originally posted by _I_:

drivers depend on the os
if its running win 10 it will be fine

black screen may be psu, or display problems too

if your current gpu is giving black screen problems, a new gpu may not help

it doesn't give out anything right now, everything is fine as long as the rx 580 is on the system.

I’d imagine your cpu is working full pelt with an rx580? A 3060 will drag it to it knees, I would think. A gtx1070/rtx2060 is a decent enough upgrade from an RX580 with your cpu, imo. I went from RX480 to gtx1070 and was pretty pleased.

Originally posted by DevaVictrix:

I’d imagine your cpu is working full pelt with an rx580? A 3060 will drag it to it knees, I would think. A gtx1070/rtx2060 is a decent enough upgrade from an RX580 with your cpu, imo. I went from RX480 to gtx1070 and was pretty pleased.

I'm worried about switching to either this model, or amd 7600 8gb, or 9600xt 8gb.

It might just be me, but the 15 year old platform that is twice the age of the graphics card you have now seems to be begging for replacement more.

I'm not someone who thinks you absolutely need a specific level of CPU performance at a minimum to make a certain level of GPU performance worthwhile, but it can reach a point where the idea behind that becomes more true because you're going to be losing access to most of that performance if the CPU is too slow. Platforms over 10 years old, let alone 15, are at that point in my mind.

Originally posted by Illusion of Progress:

It might just be me, but the 15 year old platform that is twice the age of the graphics card you have now seems to be begging for replacement more.

I'm not someone who thinks you absolutely need a specific level of CPU performance at a minimum to make a certain level of GPU performance worthwhile, but it can reach a point where the idea behind that becomes more true because you're going to be losing access to most of that performance if the CPU is too slow. Platforms over 10 years old, let alone 15, are at that point in my mind.

A very interesting answer

That is a very old CPU, with no standard overclocking options.

I suggest a new motherboard, cpu & memory.

Oh and replaced my i7-3770k gaming cpu about 6 yeats ago. Is is a little more powerful with a decent overclock.
It was getting painfull to game, then. It must be a stutterfest now.

It'll be bottlenecked by your CPU. Get something like a GTX 1070.

Friends, as long as there is an opportunity to buy 3060 at the best price, it's a sin not to use it.

Originally posted by Lord Flashheart:

That is a very old CPU, with no standard overclocking options.

I suggest a new motherboard, cpu & memory.

Oh and replaced my i7-3770k gaming cpu about 6 yeats ago. Is is a little more powerful with a decent overclock.
It was getting painfull to game, then. It must be a stutterfest now.