HP desktop H8-1409 GPU upgrade for gaming

[ED850]

Thank you for responses to my post from yesterday.

It was suggested that I indicate the games we intend to play: Fortnite, Roblox, Realm Royale, Minecraft, Call of Duty.

As a recap, our desktop is an h8-1409  (2012?) with a i7-3770 CPU @ 3.4ghz 10gb

The graphics card is a Radeon HD 7570

[old_geekster]

@ED850 , welcome to the forum.

It would have been better if you had continued on your original thread.  However, since you didn't, I will help you here.

The first thing that you should do is check to see if there is a BIOS or UEFI in the motherboard.  I believe that it may be UEFI since the computer came with Win 8.  However, your computer was released it September, 2012 and HP didn't officially begin using UEFI until mid-October, 2012.  So, it could go either way.  The reason that I need to know is, newer video cards require UEFI to run properly.  The last series of cards not to require UEFI were the GTX 660/670's.

I will help you further when I know this information.

[ED850]

Thank you for your patience. I couldn't find the original string for some reason, perhaps because I replied directly to my email notification. 

My system did come with windows 8 and I installed Windows 10 apparently in early 2019, however I think I installed it earlier.

I've checked msinfo32 and it notes:

Bios version/date: AMI 8.10, 2012-09-25

SMBIOS Version: 2.7

Embedded Controller Version:255.255

BIOS Mode: UEFI

Baseboard Manufacturer: Pegatron

Baseboard Product: 2AD5

Baseboard Version: 1.03

Secure Boot State: on

PCR7 Configuration: Binding not possible.

Not sure if this helps.

Thank you

[old_geekster · Accepted solution]

Thank you for the additional information, @ED850!  It was exactly what I needed.  It shows the BIOS Mode: UEFI.

According to the Product Specifications, this is what it says about the video slot on the motherboard: PCI Express x16 (Gen 3.0 for i5 and i7 Ivy Bridge processors, all others Gen 2.0).  Since your processor is an Ivy Bridge it is 3.0.

Based on these specifications, here is a card that will fit nicely into your case and give you a considerable performance boost.  You should look at the Reviews to see what users have to say about it.  The problem that I found with most cards is that they required a 6-pin supplemental power connector.  I don't know if your power supply unit (PSU) has this connector.  If you decide not to buy the card in my link it gives you an idea of what will work without upgrading your PSU.

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