Dedicated Graphics Card for HP Pavilion Desktop 590-p0050

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I recently purchased a new HP Pavilion Desktop 590-p0050 because my old Dell desktop decided to die on me and I needed to grab something quickly and they had this system in-stock at the local Staples.

Seems like a decent little system for what I need, but I think it would be good to add in a dedicated graphics card for more graphics power and offloading the graphics from the main processor.

I actually have the Graphics Card that came with my old Dell system.. It is an nVidia GTX 745 (I believe is a 4 GB card), and was thinking of putting that in since the new machine seems to have an open PCI bus and it would fit.

But as this card is probably several years old, I was thinking that it may be time to just get a reasonably priced new card and use that instead.

I don't do any "gaming", so I don't need anything crazy/high-end.  I just do a bit of photo editing, and was just looking for a simple and cost effective way to give this machine just a bit more "oomph".

Any thoughts of using this old Dell Nvidia card?

Or do you have some suggestions for something else that is newer and has a good history of working with this machine, but isn't terribly expensive.

Thanks so much.

Michael

[TheOldMan]

Here is a discussion on that same question

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Desktop-Hardware-and-Upgrade-Questions/Video-Card-Upgrade-for-HP-Pavil...

The old "nVidia GTX 745" card is an OEM card and was issued when the PC did not use UEFI BIOS.

The new motherboards require UEFI  compatible graphics cards

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TheOldMan,

Thanks for the info. on the old card (will trash it) and the link to that other post.

I looked through that post, but several of those cards looked very "high-end" for my need and were up in the $300 dollar range.

I did a bit of looking and found this Geoforce 1050 TI card that seems a bit more resoanble cost-wise and also has 4GB of Ram.

Would this fit in my machine and be ok with my power supply (which I believe is a 300 Watt unit).  It says it just runs off the PCI bus and doesn't need separate power:

https://www.newegg.com/asus-geforce-gtx-1050-ti-ph-gtx1050ti-4g/p/N82E16814126170

Or, any other 'mid-range' recommendations that would work well?

Again, I'm not doing gaming but do a bit of photo and graphics editing and use some big spreadsheets, so am just looking for a way to boost system performance a bit by avoiding using the built-in graphics card.  Don't need anything crazy or "over-clocked" that could stress or overheat the system.

Thanks.

Michael

[einstem]

And I also found this PNY GeForce GT 1030 2GB card that seems pretty reasonably priced:

https://www.newegg.com/pny-geforce-gt-1030-vcggt10302pb/p/N82E16814133724?

It's 2GB instead of the 4GB on the 1050Ti, but may also be a good option?

Pros/Cons of these two different cards, or another (better?) recommendation?

Regards,

Michael

[TheOldMan]

If you can do the GeForce 1050 Ti, that would be my pick.  That is the type card I have, but a PNY.

The link you supplied does not specifically say 300w PS but some of the other manufactures do.  Just be careful about that spec.

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TheOldMan,

So, I found the ASUS website for the GeoForce 1050 Ti:

https://www.asus.com/us/Graphics-Cards/PH-GTX1050TI-4G/specifications/

Unfortunately, it doesn't list a "power requirement" for the card, so not sure what to do here.

And down in the footnotes it does say this:

． To have the best cooling performance, ASUS PH-GTX1050TI-4G extends the fansink to 2 slots. Please double check you Chassis and Motherboard dimension prior to purchase to make sure it fits in your system!

Will that be an issue with fitting in my machine, since I think I only have 1 PCI slot available..

Thanks.

Michael

[einstem]

Hmm.. Now I found a listing that states a 300 Watt Power Supply requirement, which I believe is OK for my system:

https://www.asus.com/Graphics-Cards/PH-GTX1050TI-4G/specifications/

Not sure what is different between this "spec page" and the other one..

So, it looks like it will work, but only concern is if it will fit because it takes-up "two slots"..

Michael

[TheOldMan]

As far as the two slots, that is typical for a graphics card upgrade.  Considering the thread I linked, @old_geekster suggested that card he linked and it appears to be the same width but possibly shorter then the one you linked.

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TheOldMan,

Ok.. Thanks.

When installing a dedicated graphics card in this system, is there anything I need to do to disable the integrated graphics of the system or does the install drivers all handle that automatically?

Regards,

Michael

[TheOldMan]

Here is the spec page for the motherboard for that model.

https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-pavilion-590-p0000-desktop-pc-series/19390500/model/21984403...

When you look under Video by clicking on that heading, it says "Integrated graphics".  Then click on that and it says:

Integrated video is not available if a graphics card is installed

So, once the graphics card is installed, it will disable the integrated graphics automatically.  You will still need to install the drivers associated with the GeForce 1050 TI, however.  Typically there will be a drivers disk with the card or they will tell you where to find the drivers from the manufacturer's website.