Someone brought this up, didn't see it on a quick search. Did a similar upgrade when the wife's GPU crapped out recently. Performance boost was noticeable w/ her Core2 Duo e7600. Kind of long in the tooth but the board supports PCIe 2.0 and nothing is CPU-bound (yet).
Summary answer: Yes, speeds it up nicely.
http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Can-A-Ne ... ming-Rig-/
Only problem I've run into recently was that the HW has dropped off the cheap pricing curve. When mine popped it's clogs last year it was cheaper to move to a Core i5 2500k.
New GPU in an old PC
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New GPU in an old PC
"Life is what happens while you're making plans for later."
Re: New GPU in an old PC
I didn't know where to put this nVidia Titan tech demo so I chose this thread!
http://youtu.be/ydwKJwgMbRs
The most impressive part of this demo is when the avatar speaks. I wish I could have scanned my face back when I was in my 20's!
http://youtu.be/ydwKJwgMbRs
The most impressive part of this demo is when the avatar speaks. I wish I could have scanned my face back when I was in my 20's!