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‎09-09-2021 11:17 AM

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Product: Pavilion m9080.it
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Hi, in my Pavilion m9080.it which, after appropriate updates to Ram (8GB) and SSD still worked very well as a support PC, the video card broke.

Due to the age of the machine and the use I make of it (Office applications, Autocad, occasionally Photoshop and Premiere for non-professional use) I was considering products like ASUS GeForce GT 710 2 GB DDR5 or ASUS GeForce GT 1030 2 GB GDDR5.

Could you tell me if they are both compatible with my pc (the original card that broke was a GeForce 8500 GT), if the GT 1030 is worth the price difference or, better yet, if you have a product to suggest that, in that  price range , offers a better price/performance ratio?

To see all the features of the machine:

https://www.cnet.com/products/hp-pavilion-elite-m9080-it-tower-core-2-quad-q6600-2-4-ghz-3-gb-500-gb...

Thanks for your help

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‎09-09-2021 11:40 AM

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Hi:

 

Neither of those cards would be compatible because your PC has a legacy BIOS and those cards require a UEFI BIOS with a revision of 8.1x or higher.

 

You will need to buy a used but tested and working legacy graphics card.

 

I would suggest you play it safe and see if you can find another Nvidia 8500 GT on eBay.

 

 

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