No, BIOS is irrelevant for a GPU upgrade. You'd need a BIOS update if you wanted to swap your Sandy Bridge CPU for an Ivy Bridge CPU, but that wouldn't make sense anyway.

For GPU, you'll want to r ...

Thanks again for the info. I appreciate it.

Also, my heatsink is Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler with 120mm PWM Fan. Is this adequate for overclocking?

Thank you very much for the information. Do you think I will need to update my BIOS with either card?

So I built a desktop back in 2012. I bought a gaming laptop last year as I was moving around a lot for my job. I am now in a place that I will staying for quite some time and would like to go back to ...