Need some help as I want to upgrade my graphics card!

[LukeVeacock]

Just need some help here i bought a hp pavilion 500-319na Desktop Pc and was wondering if i was to buy a GTX 750 Ti if it was to fit the motherboard i have inside which is standard Intel Z87 or what it says on the board HP IPM87-Mp Memphis-s Intel H87 Motherboard.

Thanks 

Luke.

[Big_Dave]

Hi Luke,

Your PC only has 180 watt power supply and most NVIDIA GTX 750 TI model graphics card need a 300+ watt power supply as specified by the graphics card manufacturer. I would suggest upgrading the the power supply to the Corsair CX500.

Review this posted article.

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[LukeVeacock]

if i was to upgrade the power supply whould i be able to have the graphics card aswell?

[LukeVeacock]

I mean whould it fit my motherboard?

[Big_Dave]

Hi luke,

Did you review the posted article on the Guide to Selecting a Discrete Video Card?

[lycan2621]

Sorry to bother you, i have just read this thread and i am also thinking of upgrading to a 750 ti i have the same motherboard ipm87-mp but i have upgraded my psu to the corsair 650 because i bought a second hand rx980 but i got the pink screen so i took it back, now i have learned my lesson and iam buying new but just want to be sure that this card is compatable.

[Big_Dave]

@lycan2621

Hi,

Open up the Run command and enter:  MSINFO32

If your PC is running a version 8 HP BIOS then you shouldn't have any issues using the NVIDIA GTX 750 TI if your PC has a 300 watt or better power supply. The GTX 750 TI is still a great buy and should work well with most modern games and resolutions up to 1920 by 1080.  If you need a little more umph then the GTX 950 would be another good choice for around $160 although you will need a  450-500 watt power supply.

Thanks for posting on the forum.

[lycan2621]

Thank you for the reply sorry for the major delay. I definitely have enough power so I will go for the 950 thank you for the advice it is much appreciated.

[lycan2621]

Another question I have is that Iam now without a graphics card and running games on an i3 with 8gigs of ddr3 ram, how much of this ram does the i3 use for graphics ( I play a lots of world of Warcraft). Iam trying to work out how much ram on the graphics card I would need weather 2gigs or more or would that just be overkill.
Thanks

[Big_Dave]

Hi,

2GB on the discrete graphics card is fairly standard these days. So no, it's not over kill unless you are using a low monitor resolution in which case you are not using the game as designed.

If your monitor resolution is higher than 1440p then a graphics card with a frame buffer of more than 2 GB might ofter better performance.