Is a GTX 1080 going to be compatible with a modern system?

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Migel 31 Oct @ 6:14pm

Heyo, I haven't really been playing any big titles of the last few years, so I haven't had reason to upgrade. Now after a long hiatus from gaming, I've gotten back into Escape From Tarkov with some colleagues from work. Unfortunately, my PC can barely run it. The Task manager shows RAM working at 100%, as well as the CPU sometimes rocketing up there and staying maxed out while the game turns into a slideshow. My PC is built based on an old acer G3 prebuilt I got many years ago, upgrading things one after another, so the entire Board, CPU and RAM set is very strange. I'm very out of the loop in terms of hardware components this decade, so I figured I'd just ask here.

My current specs are:

i7-4770
No-Name Acer inhouse Motherboard
12GB No-Name Acer inhouse DDR 3 RAM
1TB WD HDD

Later upgraded with:

Msi GTX1080 Gaming X 8GB
1TB Samsung SSD
Corsair RM850 PSU
Rebuilt in (I think) a bequiet silent base 802 ATX Tower

Now, I want to upgrade but I've had some car expenses lately and my other hobbies also need their money, so I don't think I can afford to build a new PC from scratch at this point, at least not one significantly better or futureproof than what I currently have.

As such, I've been wondering if there would be a way to upgrade half of the build, Frankenstein it like I once did my old Acer prebuilt.

Specifically, I would like to keep the GTX1080 and the RM850 PSU, within the old case. While the GTX may be outdated, it used to be pretty high end in its day and I think it's far from my biggest bottleneck at this point. The entire memory set would need to be upgraded, meaning a new CPU, Board, Ram and Cooling system.

Does this sound like something at all possible or is the 1080 hard incompatible with modern boards and / or cpus? Would keeping the build within an older (2018-ish) ATX Tower be feasible? It seems like Graphics cards have been getting bigger and bigger over the past few years, basically eliminating these taller style ATX towers entirely for wider towers.

To throw some product names out there, I've been hearing good reviews in terms of bang-for-your-buck about the Ryzen 5 7600X and ASUS B650 boards. I would need something with on-board wifi.

I haven't looked for any RAM sticks yet but it seems to me that the current recommended standard is 2x16GB of DDR5. Corsair Vengeance seems to be a best seller.

My Windows 10 still runs from a samsung SSD connected via SATA. It looks like the standard for OS installation and intensive use applications is SSDs that plug directly into the MoBo (Are these called NVMEs?)

So yeah, sorry for the uninformed rambling. I'm about a decade behind in my hardware expertise. Any advice on how to make the best of what I have with later upgrading with a new GPU and case in mind would be much appreciated.

Last edited by Migel; 31 Oct @ 6:18pm

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wing0zero 31 Oct @ 6:25pm

Yeah you can use the 1080 no probs.

7600X with a B650 is fine, maybe consider the 7700X, is 9600X pricing more where you are?

DDR5 you want 6000MHz CL30 for best results without getting into memory tweaking.

Look for a Gen4 M.2 NVME drive, they are the best price at the moment, I don't think all B650 boards support Gen5 NVME too, not 100% sure.

You could use that old 1TB SSD for installing games on.

My old PC was built in the Silent Base 802 also.
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3474577925

Last edited by wing0zero; 31 Oct @ 6:29pm

smallcat 31 Oct @ 6:31pm

GTX 1080 features DirectX 12.1 . Some games require 12.2 . There s a workaround - a moded dll .you can find it by Google . i think 16GB RAM at least is necessary

Win 11 is officially not supported on i7 4770 but there re workarounds too

Last edited by smallcat; 31 Oct @ 6:44pm

Agenda 2025 31 Oct @ 6:43pm

Your 4 core CPU and DDR3 are more of a roadblock than the GPU.

If you use Windows and game you need atleast 8 core CPU's.

You can find a used AMD Ryzen 5700x for about $80 US dollars used, it is 8 core.

B550 chipset for $80 new.

16 gigs of DDR4, again $80.

But you would find a better deal going after Amazon Returns like bid $12 on this:

https://www.bidfta.com/548592/item-detail/47283298

smallcat 31 Oct @ 6:49pm

Agenda 2025 , i7 4770 has 8 threads .my older PC has 4C/8T but i play everything on it . The best is a completely new rig but since it s not a good idea at the moment., they need an intermediate solution to tide them over

Last edited by smallcat; 31 Oct @ 6:50pm

pwnograffik 31 Oct @ 6:55pm

CPU/GPU are old but still good for Tarkov. If RAM is at 100% that is your bottleneck. It is going to be swapping to the SSD quite often which will cause FPS drops and instability.

HeyYou 31 Oct @ 6:59pm

Friend of mine runs Baldur's Gate 3 on a 1080, and it runs fine. If there are win 11 drivers out there for it, (win 10 drivers would likely still work in 11) should be golden.

Monk 31 Oct @ 8:01pm

No one has asked what your rough budget is yet, so I will, how much do you have for upgrades?

It is not worth going with a 5000 series cpu now as you'd need to buy an out dated mobo and memory to go with it, far better to save a bit more and go to a current platform.

Depending on where you live and what deals you have access to, if you have 500 bucks, I'd go with a 9700x and 32GB of ddr5 6000 cl30.

Or, just slap another 8GB ddr3 into your existing system while you save for a larger upgrade, probably best to look for ddr3 second hand though to save a decent wad of cash.

Lord Flashheart 31 Oct @ 10:16pm

I stongly suggest a whole new machine.

Maybe keep the case.

The SSd may still be useful.

... 31 Oct @ 11:44pm

If you want to save money you can get an A620 motherboard for $80, get the newest one available. People are going to scream at me for suggesting it. Ignore them.

𝔇𝔬𝔬𝔪𝔤𝔲𝔶 1 Nov @ 1:55am

As already been mentioned, gpu is kinda fine, but all other parts not really. I wouldn't waste money putting SSD on such already old PC with ddr3 ram & 4th generation Intel cpu.
It would be better to save money for when you can get better hardware : cpu / motherboard / ram / gpu.

Last edited by 𝔇𝔬𝔬𝔪𝔤𝔲𝔶; 1 Nov @ 1:56am

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Nox 1 Nov @ 2:04am

Depending on where you live and what kinda budget you’re working with you might opt to buy a complete used system that’s at least from 3-4 years ago on some second hand platform. Desktops lose value insanely fast and there are often good deals around.

Just make sure to check thoroughly, do not buy ‘off the garage or without testing/benchmarking the PC at the seller’s place because I personally got scammed once.

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Bad 💀 Motha 1 Nov @ 3:01am

At the present time, as long as it is GTX 9xx series or newer, yes those are compliant with latest forms of UEFI BIOS.

Pretty soon we are going to evolve away from UEFI altogether. As China and Taiwan are working on a newer standard for this for future Motherboards.

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