New graphics card on xw6600

[Takken]

Hello, as a part of my updates i'm doing on my xw6600 i'm planning to upgrade my graphics card with a newer one.

Now i have a 256MB ATI FireMV 2250...... But now i want to play 1-2 games (ex. lol, cod4....) and i want a new one.

Gigabyte GeForce GT 730 2GB (GV-N730D5-2GI Rev 1.0) was my friend's opinion, if someone have a better idea lets tell me 🙂 

*My mobo is Hewlett-Packard 0A9Ch (XU1 PROCESSOR)

*I don't want an expensive card.

[paintballer4lfe]

Why don't you get a 1050 or a 1060? It's new and it's cheap. Just make sure you have ewnough power and everything.

Hop on PCParts picker and spec out your computer to get a somewhat accurate idea of the power your pulling now.

The 760 is an okay card, my buddy has the 760 but you might as well just go pascal for the price.
If you do get the 730 just don't expect it to do to much.

[SDH]

I'm wihth Paintballer,

Here is exactly what I would do for a non-enterprise xw6600 build:

EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti SC GAMING

The "SC" makes a big difference, in my experience.  I like EVGA.  Is 150.00 USD too much?  And, I max out the xw6600 to the highest performance processors HP certified for them, two total.  Those are the E5450 Xeon processors, sSpec code SLBBM to look for on eBay (about $15.00 USD each with shipping included).  Plus, single 320 series 300GB SSD system/applications drive,  with a big 2TB or smaller SATA II documents HDD (or SATA III HDD if it is HP branded).   W7Pro64 or W10Pro64 properly installed, clean.

6 x 2GB or 6 x 4GB HP memory.  Don't need 6 x 8GB, personally.  Make sure to fill all 6 slots with identical RAM whatever you choose.  This is for best speed, and is important.

That card can run at best speed in a PCIe Generation III slot, but is backwards compatible to slower generation slots.  Your xw6600 has two PCIe Generaton II slots.... the two video PCIe 2 x16 slots.  The others are Gen I.  Put that card in the top PCIe 2 x16 slot.  I'd say most, not "many", users cannot tell the difference between a PCIe Gen II vs a Gen III card.  Maybe "almost all".  You get the point..... Gen II versus Gen III is not the weak link.

Video cards themselves have been the weak link (hardest and most expensive to get high scores).... not any more.  Invest in that plus SSD for best bang for your buck.  What is described above is a nicely balanced rocket ship with HP quality, for budget conscious users.

[MtothaJ]

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@Takken wrote:

Hello, as a part of my updates i'm doing on my xw6600 i'm planning to upgrade my graphics card with a newer one.

Now i have a 256MB ATI FireMV 2250...... But now i want to play 1-2 games (ex. lol, cod4....) and i want a new one.

Gigabyte GeForce GT 730 2GB (GV-N730D5-2GI Rev 1.0) was my friend's opinion, if someone have a better idea lets tell me 🙂 

*My mobo is Hewlett-Packard 0A9Ch (XU1 PROCESSOR)

*I don't want an expensive card.

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I also think that the GTX 1050Ti would be your best bet. The EVGA SC model is also good in the sense that it is powered entierely from the PCIe slot so no need to worry about additional power cables etc. As was mentioned PCIe 2.0 will not hold you back, at this performance level the difference between PCIe 2.0 and 3.0 is pretty much non existant and even at the GTX 1080 level it would be c.a. 5 fps at most.

Comperable older cards are much more power hungry and are not necesserily any cheaper. I would avoid the GT 730 since its not really suitable for any proper gaming and especially the AAA titles. Yes, you would have a new card on the cheap but at the end of the day you get what you pay for and it wouldn't really give you that much of a performance boost.

[iMaxx]

I would be careful as these cards may be UEFI and the XW6600 may not be able to see it.

[paintballer4lfe]

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@iMaxx wrote:

I would be careful as these cards may be UEFI and the XW6600 may not be able to see it.

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The cards are UEFI and Legacy compatible, the only potential issue would be needing Directx12. Which is not available in Windows 7 i think. But the card themselfs will work fine with the proper PSU and drivers.