Upgrading Video Card, video card not recognized by system

[rafruiz3]

I'm trying to add a video card in order to use its HDMI port.  I have placed it and the fans on the video card are running correctly however the PC is not recognizing it in device manager.  How do I fix this?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

What model graphics adapter did you install?

Your PC's legacy BIOS will not support anything newer than a nVidia GT6xx series or AMD HD 6xxx series graphics card.

[rafruiz3]

It's an Asus r7240-2gd3-l

[Paul_Tikkanen]

That card is too new for your PC 

If you want an AMD card, I recommend the Radeon HD 6450 low profile. 

You should be able to find plenty of them for sale on Ebay. 

[rafruiz3]

Oh excellent.  What would technically be the most "powerful" card I could install?  The amd 6450 like you said?  I want to be able to run a few games even at low settings in order to host a server with this pc

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

With the case and power supply your PC has, the 6450 is about the best you can do. 

The Nvidia GT 210 low profile should work too.

I believe that they both come with 1 GB of video memory. 

[rafruiz3]

Thank you!

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome. 

[Prométhée]

Hi @rafruiz3  @Paul_Tikkanen 

check @rafruiz3 

Motherboard - Carmel-2

If you still have the graphics card, you can try what is mentioned here

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[rafruiz3]

Sorry to bug you again Paul but just want to make sure before I buy a card and it's not compatible. I found a Sapphire AMD Radeon HD 6670 1GB GDDR5 PCIe Low Profile Video Card 11192-18 10032, would this work with my system? 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/165520764133?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=8AgIRMnzRIy&sss...

It's not much more expensive than the HD 6450, and Ive also found the gigabyte version of that.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/204195227675?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=t4QD-NTWTS-&sss...

If my 220w PSU wouldn't be strong enough I can probably spare a few more bucks and get a 400w one from eBay

https://www.ebay.com/itm/155164943031?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=jgvgevtyrbg&sss...