Upgrading the Graphics Card

[DoronMOSK]

I bought the above computer as a start working on graphics and indicated in the purchase whether the video card can be upgraded, because I knew that in the future (today) I would need a more powerful card.
I'll ask you HP Can I send the card?
If so what are the options I have?
Thanks
Doron

[itsmyname]

@DoronMOSK -- is this your computer: HP Z2 Mini G3 Workstation Product Specifications | HP® Customer Support

The "graphics" section on that page indicates that up to 6(!) displays can be connected.

May I ask why you think that you need a more powerful graphics card? I think that you need a high-end graphics card if you are an "online gamer", and you need ultra-fast screen-updating, but if you are just doing "graphics" -- then your current graphics card will drive your current (and most future) monitors, probably including 4K (but maybe not 8K) display screens.

[DoronMOSK]

Greetings,
This is my computer: 2GB graphics card QUARDO 630 + 16GB RAM + I7 6700 3.4GHz
I want to do animation and it takes too long.
I do not play games, I work with Solid Works and Blender.
Is it possible to broadcast the card?
Is it possible to connect an external card?
Thank you
Doron

[itsmyname]

@DoronMOSK -- I want to do animation and it takes too long. I work with Solid Works and Blender.

I think that your "bottle-neck" is not the speed of your current graphics adapter card.

Note that a "low-end" computer (3.0 Ghz, 4 GB of RAM) can smoothly display 4K Youtube videos.

Your computer is much better than such a "low-end" computer.

While running one of those apps, start the Windows "Task Manager" (via CTRL-ALT-DELETE) and switch to its "Performance" tag, to see the percentage-busy/used of your CPU, your disk-drive, and your RAM.

I think that your 16 GB of RAM should be sufficient, but check anyway.

Definitely, if your disk-drive is showing nearly 100% "busy", upgrade to a SSD (Solid State Device), for much faster input/output.

Your CPU offers 4 Physical Cores (8 Logical), initially clocked at 3.4GHz, which may go up to 4.0GHz.

Hopefully, the software that you use can simultaneously use all 8 logical cores, rather than being just "single-threaded" -- using one core while the other cores are idle. Check that your software is capable of exploiting an 8-core processor.

[DoronMOSK]

Greetings,
I did the test you requested.

while animation the computer uses in task management:
 GPU  100%

CPU 20%

Memory 11gb from 16 GB

Thee program Blender uses all the cores of the computer, it seems that the video card not strong 
To my first question,
What options do I have?

[itsmyname]

@DoronMOSK -- it seems that the video card not strong.

When displaying animation on your screen, does your software show the "frames per second" that the video is capable of displaying?

> What options do I have?

Of course, if you have $300 to $600, you can get a "high-end" video-card, to replace your current one. 

[DoronMOSK]

thank you for the answer,
I want to buy a better video card, at least 5 GB.
Can you name a few options?
I'm interested in a Quardo card.
Most importantly the card will fit in my computer Z Book Mini

Thanks,

Doron 

[itsmyname]

@DoronMOSK -- can you name a few options?

No.

If I recommend a card that is available in the USA, and you reside in some foreign country, the shipping-cost, and the shipping-delay, could be problematic.

Also, what's your budget for a new card?

Also, what is the available space inside the computer's case, for a card?

Also, I think that you should primarily focus on higher performance, instead of more RAM.

What inputs does your monitor have? VGA (good) /  DVI (better) / HDMI (even better) / DisplayPort (best) ?

What resolution does your current monitor support? Full HD (1920x1080)? 4K? 8K?

What resolution will your future monitor (or big-screen TV) support? 4K? 8K? Plan ahead for an upgrade.

I think you should take your computer (and monitor) to a local owner/operator computer store, and have them recommend a card.  Ask them to install it (to be sure that it physically fits) and to test it (to be sure that it is compatible). If it works, buy it. If not, maybe they have an alternative. Support your business, and you get "one-stop" shopping - no waiting for online orders, no return if it turns out to be non-compatible, et cetera.

[DoronMOSK]

Hello and congratulations, I was not so available, a second son was born 🙂

I use DisplayPort

Screen resolution 2560/1440

I saw that there is a ZHP 5 with a Quadro RTX3000 6GB video card

Can I buy this video card through you?

Will it fit my computer instead of the current video card (2GB P620)

Please send me a link I can order and regarding the budget up to $ 1000 it's ok

[itsmyname]

@DoronMOSK --  Can I buy this video card through you? ... regarding the budget up to $ 1000.

I am extremely reluctant for me to purchase anything that expensive, and ship it to you, at my expense, and then expect to get payment from you.  Too many online payment systems allow "reversal" of any payment that you might transfer to me.  And, I am sure that you don't want to send money to me, before I ship anything to you.