Moving from 5870 to 670

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stevecamp09

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Been thinking of a GPU upgrade for a little while now, and have more or less decided to take the plunge to the 670 or 680 from my single 5870. My question is, I run a Asus P6X58D mobo which only has PCIe 2.0 slots, any concerns there or are the 2 cards in question ok with this mobo? Also, haven't updated mobo drivers in a while, is it recommended to do so or not particularly necessary for this upgrade?

Edit to add - did some reading and it appears there's little to worry about as regards pcie slots. However, still wondering about my other question as regards mobo/chipset drivers?
Thanks
 
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stevecamp09 said:
Been thinking of a GPU upgrade for a little while now, and have more or less decided to take the plunge to the 670 or 680 from my single 5870. My question is, I run a Asus P6X58D mobo which only has PCIe 2.0 slots, any concerns there or are the 2 cards in question ok with this mobo? Also, haven't updated mobo drivers in a while, is it recommended to do so or not particularly necessary for this upgrade?

Edit to add - did some reading and it appears there's little to worry about as regards pcie slots. However, still wondering about my other question as regards mobo/chipset drivers?
Thanks
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You will have no issues with your existing chipset/mobo drivers. get the EVGA GTX 670 FTW. :)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130787
 
Yeah you'll be good. My mobo is PCIE 3 capable but seeing as how I don't have Ivy Bridge I'm rocking 2.0 and it's better than great. 3.66x faster than my 5970? Yes pls.
 
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