GPU Replacement on Predator Orion PO5-640: RTX 5070 Compatibility?

PespeL
PespeL Member Posts: 1 Newbie

Hello,
I own an Acer Predator Orion PO5-640. Unfortunately, I need to replace the GeForce RTX™ 3080 graphics card due to hardware issues. I am considering purchasing a GeForce RTX™ 5070 and would like to know if anyone has experience regarding the compatibility of this GPU with my system. Do you think it is a good choice for this PC? Has anyone encountered any compatibility or performance issues?
Thank you in advance for your support.

Answers

  • billsey
    billsey ACE Posts: 36,051 Trailblazer

    According to Nvidia, the 5070 uses slightly less power than the 3080, so it should be a drop in replacement, except possibly with slightly different aux power connectors.

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  • StevenGen
    StevenGen ACE Posts: 14,063 Trailblazer
    edited May 6

    The NVidia RTX5070 gpu needs a min PSU of 650W so your PO5-640s oem 800W PSU will work perfectly, The only thing that the PO5-640 will not have is the PCIE X16 version 5 slot that the RTX5070 requires for full performance functionality, as the PO5-640 support one PCI Express x16 slot PCIE version 4, which won't be able to make the RTX5070 gpu perform at its peak performance but the X16 slot is backward compatible and will work just fine.

    With a gpu upgrade you need to also make sure that you are running a fast M.2 SSD like the Samsung 990 Pro with Heatsink M.2 drive and also upgrade the bios to the last version R01-B0 so that the ram can run at the 12th Gen cpu's max ram speed of DDR5- 4800 MT/s and not the DDR5-4400MT/s that Acer initially had the ram restricted to or even higher speed ram with the bios XMP enabled, see the Acer Predator Orion 5000 PO5-640 RAM & SSD Upgrades guide for ram and M.2 SSD drive compatibility. Good luck and hope this helps you out further to upgrade your desktop with proper gpu and ram.

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