Pavilion Gaming Desktop 690-0008nc Graphics Card Upgrade recommendation

[Seamus10]

Hello

I'm pretty new to PC gaming and I know my PC won't do wonders, however: I recently purchased Hogwarts Legacy  and I was surprised how solid it looked and how smoothly it went on my PC until one point (arrival to the castle) when graphics went completely downhill (loss of textures, facial features, just everything) and even settings changes didn't help, so I figured out it's time to upgrade my graphics card. I'm aware my PC isn't the newest one and I don't expect any enormous improvements, I would just need some graphics card (let's say up to 250$) which would at least slightly improve the game's performance. I read about GeForce GTX 1650 - would there be a noticeable difference or isn't it worth it?

Thank you.

[Prométhée · Accepted solution]

hi

If you want to replace/add a graphics card, there are a few things you need to check

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You have to check the manufacturers data, for the chosen model , Dimensions, power requirements, and additional pci connectors required >see @old_geekster 's kb

Upgrade Video Card - HP Support Community - 7481981

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this can also help:

Upgrade, for games, what to do, how to get an idea of what t... - HP Support Community - 8529359

for the graphics card, I often recommend the Asus site with filter options

just 500w

https://www.asus.com/motherboards-components/graphics-cards/all-series/filter?Spec=683

or msi
https://www.msi.com/Graphics-Cards

See if others offer it, price/performance may vary...

If you have the idea to replace more than the graphics card (sometimes no choice, you will have to change the power supply as well) The processor, going from 16 gb of ram to 32 gb for example depending on the age of the computer, this might not be advantageous so rather old, what you change may not be able to be reused, unlike the graphics card..Sometimes, for not that much cost, you could have a much newer, more capable computer.

 

so

https://support.hp.com/ph-en/document/c06030353

Internal 180 W PSU

Power Supply Cross Reference for specific models - HP Support Community - 7483923

Lincs motherboard specifications.

max hp 500w L05757-800

try comparison sites
the gtx 1650 is more efficient than a 1050, but it's still low-end, it may not be suitable for this game, or others to come!