New graphics card?
August 5th, 2016
I am able to upgrade to 450 watts, from 300.
Here are a couple of links for PCI card and PCI Express which can be used in my PC, I was wondering if someone could recommend a graphics card for me to purchase.
http://www.geeks.com/products.asp?cat=VCD
http://computing.kelkoo.co.uk/drilldown~111601/PCI_Express
Thanks in advance
~Karl
is the cpu a dual core or a quad core? If its dual core than something too fancy will be bottlenecked. Can you list your other specs, it will make it easier to see what fits in the 450w range.
The exact model of the PSU will help. The wattage isn’t enough as most cheap brands will not give enough amps on the 12V rail
CPU is an AMD athlon 64 dual core 4800+
I wasn’t given much information from HP, they just told me the maximum wattage and said “the Graphics card which is bundled is Integrated. If wish to upgrade the video card in the PC, you can install either PCI express or PCI Video card in the PC” and “So, you can install any type of Graphics card which supports 450Watts Power Supply in the PC.”. Then they gave me the above two links.
Well I don’t think the PSU would be a good one not to mention inefficient (as most generic PSU’s are like that) so I would stretch as far as a 8800GT but not more than that
Okay thanks, can anyone else recommend any?
yeah the 8800GT is as best as you can go. higher and you might blow the psu from over-powering or it will just shutdown
I put a new system together about 6 months ago, P4 based, with a Raedon x1900xtx graphics card. I was using a 450W power supply unit. That 450W PSU burnt out in 2 hours, (playing Call of Duty 4). Myself and my brother in law both assumed that the PSU was faulty. Went to the shop, got another. But because I was a bit paraniod, I kept a close eye on all temperatures, and used it with the side of the case off, and, lol, a desktop fan pointing inside. Hey, it worked. This lasted 4 an half months before the PSU packed in, (playing HL2 Ep2). This time I took it to a shop, to people who know what they are doing. I was told that even though the card says that it will run on a 450W PSU, the 12V rail, (as mentioned above), was draining to much out of it. Basically, every time the CPU or the GPU approached thier max temp, The PSU was over heating.
They put a 600W Power Supply Unit in, and it now runs like a dream. Everything gets hot, as it does, but theres no dnger of it going “pfff” again.
Really I could have just siad:
Get a 600W Power Supply Unit if you’re going to use a high end graphics card.
isnt the moral of that story to get a good strong name branded psu i.e Corsair, TT, Antec etc
Even with a top of the line unit, I wouldn’t run a 8800GT off a 450W PSU.
Yes the 12A rail is probably the most important part of a PSU these days. Most good brand PSU’s are fine in that matter but not so for the cheap generic stuff that comes with most PC systems
Nah a good 450W PSU can run a lot more than just a 8800GT
Well, I don’t need a top of the range graphics card, just one that’s better than the integrated graphics I currently have. This came with my desktop of course. My PC is a HP Pavilion a1128.uk if you want to look up the specs.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/prodinfoCategory?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=uk&product=1120282
Maybe the most important question is “what do you expect to get out of the card?”
I guess, it will be for gaming, but not for high end games such as COD 4.
Does anyone else have advice for me?