Is my graphics card compatible with my motherboard

dzony wrote: This is my motherboard : N68-GS4 FX Graphics card: GTX 1050-Ti 4GB

While not a very old board, it does use the discontinued and no longer supported Nvidia chipset.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/NVIDIA/N68-GS4%20FX/?cat=Specifications#Specification

The PCIe x16 slot is a PCIe 1.0 interface, and a 1050-TI is a PCIe 3.0 card. A PCIe 3.0 video card is supposed to be backward compatible with a PCIe 1.0 interface, but you will not get the full performance from your card, since the interface bandwidth of PCIe 1.0 is much less. Using an x16 slot, PCIe 1.0 has ~25% than PCIe 3.0.

Also, older BIOS versions may not support a new video card. Update to the latest BIOS version if you do not have that installed now. But some older boards don't work well with new video cards, so it is difficult to know if you card will work or not. Since it uses the older BIOS firmware, rather than UEFI firmware, it may not work.

Did you try using the card and it did not work?

The performance difference between the different PCIe versions should not be noticeable outside benchmarks in single GPU systems, at least not on NVIDIa hardware. See for example:

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=pcie-gpu-123&num=1
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/pci_express_scaling_game_performance_analysis_review,17.html

Since the bandwidth of your PCIe interface should not be saturated by the 1050Ti, I doubt it's the reason for FPS drops. What are your other system specs (CPU, RAM etc.) and in which games are you experiencing FPS problems?

Interwebz state the PCIe slot is 2.0 x16, IDK if true.

I think the issue is with the drivers.

My suggestions - try to disable the on-board GPU if possible. Re-install Win 10 after that. Plop the latest drivers and report back.

AFAIK both GTA V & h1z1 are CPU-heavy games. Poor ol' 6300 is not a bad CPU by any means but I think these games need something beefier. You could check that with HWiNFO - run it in background and see if CPU core usage is peaking to 100% when you get the FPS drops. If your 1050Ti reports 100% load all the time then the problem is not with the GPU.

EDIT: it's always a good option to flash the latest BIOS and clear CMOS when swapping PC components.


Edited by zlobster - 30 Dec 2017 at 8:23pm

I have 2 x 4 GB Ram , speed ram is 1066

Edited by dzony - 01 Jan 2018 at 7:32am

dzony, I don't think there is such a thing as "normal FPS". If you mean stable FPS (without framedrops), then there's no clear cut answer to that either. That RAM is awfully slow, however. I looked at your motherboard's memory QVL, and the memory support doesn't look great. Furthermore, the good kits (1866MHz and 1600MHz with 8GB or 4GB modules) seem to be out of stock in several places. These are the kits I would personally try to look for:

KHX16C9P1K2/16
KHX16C10B1K2/16X

However, even Kingston's own webshop doesn't offer anything but generic single modules for your motherboard:

https://www.kingstonmemoryshop.co.uk/ram-memory-upgrades/motherboard/asrock/n-series/asrock-n68-gs4-fx-motherboard

The prices on those sticks are pretty steep as well. Even though I think getting more and faster RAM could help with some of the issues on your system, I'm not sure it's worth paying a lot for. It might just be better to start saving up for a new rig altogether (except for the GPU, which is fine for 1080p gaming unless you insist on maxing out the settings).