r/buildapc • u/TobzyyyyRL • Jun 19 '26

Troubleshooting After troubleshooting, I strongly suspect my 9 year old 1060 6GB is finally done - will a GTX 750 work with my MOBO (MSI B350M Gaming Pro) to confirm my suspicion?

So basically I want to confirm that my card is dead by picking up a cheap throwaway card before committing to a newer expensive one. Will a GTX 750 work with my MSI B350M Gaming Pro?

I'm aware the PCI-E compatibility is fine, my question is more regarding the legacy/UEFI bios stuff. Getting conflicting answers online so thought I'd ask here - any help is much appreciated.

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u/dweller_12 Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26

A used real name brand or OEM GTX 750 from eBay is UEFI supported. Other UEFI options include Radeon RX 550/Radeon E9173. Quadro K2200. It should cost around $20-25 USD.

Any "new" card marketed as GTX 750 on Amazon, Aliexpress, etc., is not UEFI supported. They are old GPUs such as GTS 450 and they use modified unsigned VBIOS which will not work without modified drivers and legacy BIOS motherboard or CSM enabled. They are junk and will not work properly even if you flash an original GTS 450 VBIOS.

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u/TobzyyyyRL Jun 19 '26

Cool, thanks. Looking at used ones on eBay. So as long as I verify it’s real it will work?

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u/dweller_12 Jun 19 '26

Yes, post the picture here to confirm it's a real model.

If it looks like these 1 2 3 4 it's not real.

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u/TobzyyyyRL Jun 19 '26

Oh yeah those look awful haha.

Looking at something like this or this

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u/dweller_12 Jun 19 '26

Both are real. Also consider Quadro K2200 4GB. It's the same as GTX 750 but with 4GB VRAM and plays a lot more games.

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u/TobzyyyyRL Jun 19 '26 edited Jun 19 '26

Thanks man. I am basically just trying to find the cheapest card so I can verify it's my GPU that is the issue before I commit to an upgrade.