I recently inherited a PC which is better than my current machine in pretty much every way, the only downside being that it doesn't currently contain a graphics card. The machine in question is this:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03395973&lang=en&cc=us&taskId=110&contentType=SupportFAQ&prodSeriesId=5258508
...the main issue that I can see is that the power supply is 300W, which may preclude putting some graphics cards in. So, my question is: has anyone got any recommendations for a low power graphics card which would go well in this machine?
One other thing to mention is as far as I can tell there's no way to connect an external power supply to the graphics card, so it will have to be powered directly through the PCI-E slot. (This is what's preventing me trying the graphics card in my current machine.)
To give some idea, recent games I've been playing are Planetside 2, Total War Shogun 2* and Far Cry 3. I'm fine with not playing at absolutely maximum settings, but I'd like it to play smoothly with decent graphics.
Any advice much appreciated!
*I would have said Rome 2, but that's got fps issues of its own at the moment so probably isn't the best game to benchmark off...
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03395973&lang=en&cc=us&taskId=110&contentType=SupportFAQ&prodSeriesId=5258508
...the main issue that I can see is that the power supply is 300W, which may preclude putting some graphics cards in. So, my question is: has anyone got any recommendations for a low power graphics card which would go well in this machine?
One other thing to mention is as far as I can tell there's no way to connect an external power supply to the graphics card, so it will have to be powered directly through the PCI-E slot. (This is what's preventing me trying the graphics card in my current machine.)
To give some idea, recent games I've been playing are Planetside 2, Total War Shogun 2* and Far Cry 3. I'm fine with not playing at absolutely maximum settings, but I'd like it to play smoothly with decent graphics.
Any advice much appreciated!
*I would have said Rome 2, but that's got fps issues of its own at the moment so probably isn't the best game to benchmark off...