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‎06-25-2016 10:06 AM

HP Recommended
Product: Pavilion H8-1160T
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

My AMD Radeon graphics card failed (1st screen blank, 2nd screen all vertical lines) and want to upgrade to a NVIDIA 900 series graphics card. 

 

If I'm understanding correctly, my motherboard is a legacy bios and cannot support video cards that require a UEFI bios (which would include the NVIDIA 9XX cards).

 

Based on the info below my first question would be...can my motherboard bios be reset/upgraded to a UEFI bios?

 

And secondly if not...what would be my best option for a NVIDIA card?  6XX series? (stream video and moderate game playing)

 

Thanks!

 

HP Pavilion CPE Series H8-1160T

MB IPISB-CH2 (Chicago) 16MB Ram

AMD Radeon HD6850 Graphics

Intel Core i7-2600 CPU@3.4GHZ

Delta 600W Power Supply

Purchased: 26 Nov 11

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‎06-25-2016 09:40 PM - edited ‎06-25-2016 09:41 PM

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@55LongShot, welcome to the forum.

 

@55LongShot wrote:

My AMD Radeon graphics card failed (1st screen blank, 2nd screen all vertical lines) and want to upgrade to a NVIDIA 900 series graphics card. 

 

If I'm understanding correctly, my motherboard is a legacy bios and cannot support video cards that require a UEFI bios (which would include the NVIDIA 9XX cards).

 

Based on the info below my first question would be...can my motherboard bios be reset/upgraded to a UEFI bios?  No, the motherboard can't be upgraded to UEFI.  This can only be done at the factory.

 

And secondly if not...what would be my best option for a NVIDIA card?  6XX series? (stream video and moderate game playing)  Yes, the last video cards not to require UEFI were the GTX 660/670's.  I suggest that you choose a card mamufacturer and contact their Tech Support for help.  MSI does have a GTX 750Ti that has a switch to allow it to be used with a Legacy BIOS.  You can check with them to see if will work with your motherboard.

 

Thanks!

 

HP Pavilion CPE Series H8-1160T

MB IPISB-CH2 (Chicago) 16MB Ram

AMD Radeon HD6850 Graphics

Intel Core i7-2600 CPU@3.4GHZ

Delta 600W Power Supply

Purchased: 26 Nov 11

Please click the Thumbs up + button if I have helped you and click Accept as Solution if your problem is solved.



I am not an HP Employee!!
Intelligence is God given. Wisdom is the sum of our mistakes!!

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‎06-25-2016 09:40 PM - edited ‎06-25-2016 09:41 PM

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@55LongShot, welcome to the forum.

 

@55LongShot wrote:

My AMD Radeon graphics card failed (1st screen blank, 2nd screen all vertical lines) and want to upgrade to a NVIDIA 900 series graphics card. 

 

If I'm understanding correctly, my motherboard is a legacy bios and cannot support video cards that require a UEFI bios (which would include the NVIDIA 9XX cards).

 

Based on the info below my first question would be...can my motherboard bios be reset/upgraded to a UEFI bios?  No, the motherboard can't be upgraded to UEFI.  This can only be done at the factory.

 

And secondly if not...what would be my best option for a NVIDIA card?  6XX series? (stream video and moderate game playing)  Yes, the last video cards not to require UEFI were the GTX 660/670's.  I suggest that you choose a card mamufacturer and contact their Tech Support for help.  MSI does have a GTX 750Ti that has a switch to allow it to be used with a Legacy BIOS.  You can check with them to see if will work with your motherboard.

 

Thanks!

 

HP Pavilion CPE Series H8-1160T

MB IPISB-CH2 (Chicago) 16MB Ram

AMD Radeon HD6850 Graphics

Intel Core i7-2600 CPU@3.4GHZ

Delta 600W Power Supply

Purchased: 26 Nov 11

Please click the Thumbs up + button if I have helped you and click Accept as Solution if your problem is solved.



I am not an HP Employee!!
Intelligence is God given. Wisdom is the sum of our mistakes!!
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‎06-26-2016 12:56 PM

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Thanks for heading me in the right direction.

 

Looks like the MSI N750TI TF 2GD5/OC would be just the ticket for my computer legacy bios.

 

This link explains exactly what I needed to know.

 

Have a great rest of your weekend!

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‎06-26-2016 05:06 PM

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You are welcome, @55LongShot.  The link is very good.



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