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‎04-28-2016 08:52 PM

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Product: HP ENVY Phoenix 850-050qe
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I have an HP ENVY Phoenix 850-050qe. I configured it to have a GTX 960 in it. I bought it a while ago, and I just realized not to long ago that the GPU inside isn't a standard one. The clockspeeds and everything are the same, but it doesn't look like any GTX 960 that I've ever seen on the market. I got GPU-Z to see the manufacturer, and it says HP (103C). I assume that means the manufacturer is HP. It only have one fan, compared to most GPUs which have 2. I was hoping to resell my GPU once I'd like to upgrade, but it appears that I can't do to the fact that is isn't as good as other GPUs on the market due to the one fan and ugly design. I'm wondering why HP didn't just put an MSI or PNY or something similar instead of their card.

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‎04-28-2016 09:43 PM - edited ‎04-28-2016 09:59 PM

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Greetings,

 

I have a retail EVGA GTX 960 sporting one fan. There are quite a few iterations of this product.

 

HP does use other manufacturers such as EVGA, MSI, and Gigabyte, but the graphics cards are built to HP specifications.

 

Some OEM graphics cards installed by HP are limited to driver updates from HP only. Can you update drivers from Nvidia?

 

Check this out before attempting to sell this card.

 

Oh, this modified card may draw less power on the 12V rail. Can't find product specs at purchase for your PC. How many watts does your power supply provide?

 

Cheers!

 

 

‎04-28-2016 09:57 PM - edited ‎04-28-2016 09:59 PM

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Hi,

 

A 4GB EVGA GTX 960 Gaming requires at least a 400 Watt Power Supply.

 

Jay

‎04-28-2016 10:08 PM - edited ‎04-28-2016 10:11 PM

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@jay101,

Here are the specs. That unit has a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 (GDDR5) (2 GB), with a 500W PSU. According to the part list, the card is a NVIDIA GTX960 Aries-P3 FH2GBGDDR5PCIex16  part # 806965-001 

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‎04-28-2016 10:09 PM

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Hi,

 

Thanks wb2001!

 

Jay

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