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majulian · ‎04-07-2016

Hi I was looking to upgrade my graphics card. I also know I'd likely have to upgrade the PSU accordingly too.

I was interesed in the EVGA GTX 750(click here for specific card) ti but I've read that they might be incompatible with my motherboard. Is this true? If so, what would be an appopriate substitute?

Here's my specs

Thanks

wb2001 · ‎04-08-2016

Here is a commentary on the issue. It supports the MSI N750 TI TF 2GD5 OC as having the switch. Follow the links and read the purchaser reviews.

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erico · ‎04-08-2016

Your desktop is not one that has support for UEFI video BIOS.

That means that you will need a video card that has the capability to either support only the legacy BIOS or one that is delivered with a UEFI\Legacy physical switch on the card itself.

The EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB GDDR5 that you have selected as a candidate video card is not going to work in your PC's motherboard. If you install the card your PC will not boot up with any video display at all.

I recommend that you take a look a some of the offerings from Sapphire and MSI . Ensure that any card you purchase has the BIOS capabilities that I described earlier in the post.

Sapphire techgnology card catalog.

http://www.sapphiretech.com/productdetial.asp?pid=38D17047-E956-4D7A-AA1B-050A3F519239&lang=eng

MSI

https://www.msi.com/Graphics-cards/

The following image points out a physical switch on a video card allowing switching to legacy or uefi vBIOS.

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majulian · ‎04-08-2016

Thanks for getting back to me erico.

I think I found a substitute card - though I wasn't able to find any documentation re: Bios switch on MSI's official site.

Do you think this MSI 750 Ti 2GD5 OC would work? There's a customer review for that card which says there's an undocumented legacy switch but it's not clear to me if the review refers to the N750 TI 2GD5 OC or N750 TI TF 2GD5 OC or the N750 TI 2GD5TLP.

wb2001 · ‎04-08-2016

Here is a commentary on the issue. It supports the MSI N750 TI TF 2GD5 OC as having the switch. Follow the links and read the purchaser reviews.

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majulian · ‎04-09-2016

Thanks for clarifying that

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