“I just got this card for my sons pc. It has a third generation intel i5 processor. I believe it is a legacy bios and not uefc. Will this card work? The gentleman at Best Buy said it would but I saw a reviewer here say it doesn’t. Any advice on this?”
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If you have an i5 intel I would say that you would be safe purchasing this. Legacy BIOS is ok, I run legacy BIOS on mine works like a charm. Main thing is does the system support PCIExpress. If yes than this is for you and your son :)
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Should work fine, just make sure you have an available PCI Slot and a 6 pin power connector from your power supply(Box comes with 6 pin to 4 pin power cable/adapter).
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.i know this comment is old but i just wanted to ask did this card worrk on ur legacy Bios, cause im thinking of buying it But my motherboad is from 2012 and its legacy too so Its a risky choice to buy this graphics card but i just wanted to make sure , So please reply did it work on ur legacy bios?
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.The system has an i5 processor. It most likely has an UEFI bios. It may have the layout of a legacy bios but its actually a UEFI bios. I had the problem with a legacy BIOS for Socket 775 which was before i3 i5 i7 was put on the market. I am taking like something made in 2006 to 2007 like a DELL XPS 420 and ASUS P5Q Deluxe board. The best buy worker told me it would work on the Dell XPS 420 which is a socket 775 system with a Q6600 processor. I put in and installed the driver from the manufacture website and when I rebooted I did have a display but I could not set the desktop resolution. Device manager said “Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. code 43. I tried it in a M5A97 board and it has an UEFI bios and the card worked fine with the same operating system and drivers. I had the same issue with a EVGA 760 GTX on the legacy system but put into a UEFI bios capable system it worked fine. If you google this issue you will see everyone using a old system with new video cards has this issue and its because of the legacy bios on old motherboards. So if anyone is using an i3 i5 i7 system or newer the card will most likely work. Just do not expect it to work on Socket 775 systems or AMD AM2+ or older boards.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I believe all of the new RX series are uefi compatible, but contain all of the legacy bios features as well, should work wonderfully to that regard. I just can't believe that XFX/AMD would repackage these cards from the 460/560, and create such an belief that you are buying an 560, when in actuality you are getting the similar tiered 460, that I would consider Bait and Switch, on the Manufacturers' shoulders' that is pretty low(I don't think that all the Best buy guys even know this, and I don't believe it is BB's fault). I know the RX 480 and the Newer RX 580's are the same IC with higher Binning and marginally better performance(through bios improvements), barely, so go one higher and get the 570 for 30$ more with the 4/8gig. and see the performance increase.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.You need to know what type of motherboard it has and how many PCI slots are available. Hopefully you will have a PCI Express 3.0 but this card will working in PCI Express 2.0 and PCI Express 1.0 slots. Go to google, type in the model of your son's PC and you can find the specs on the computer. I am running this card in a machine that I built in 2011 running an AMD processor.
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