So at the moment my friend has a GT 630 4gb and wants to replace it with a new GTX 970. By the way everything is compatible. What is the easiest way to replace graphics cards? Does he just replace them or is there something he should be aware of or do? Thanks in advance on any help on how to replace a graphics card.
Easiest way to replace graphics cards?
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nostall
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Replacing it is pretty simple.
Before shutting down the PC, open Device Manager (Control Panel>System), click on display, then rt. click on the Nvidia 630, and then click remove. Answer yes if it asks if you are sure you want to do that.
Shut down the PC, (power it down all the way) , open the case, remove the 630: be careful, there probably is a small tab on the PCI-E slot that locks it in and that has to be disengaged before you can remove the card. Then insert the 970, secure it to the case just like the 630. IT will need to mount to two of the slots at the rear, unlike the 630 which is a 1 slot card.
Connect the two power leads and you are good to fire up, I usually cancel any installlations by Windows and manually install the Nvidia drivers using "Custom" and selecting "Clean Install".
HOWEVER, you have given us NO details about the system and that can be important.
Per Nvidia the minimum recommended power supply is 500 watts with a minimum of 28amps continuous power @ 50C; this is for the entire system. The power supply will also need to have, for one GTX970, two 6 pin or 6+2 pin PCI-E power connections. Some non-reference cards require a 6 pin plus an 8 pin.
Though the card will never draw that much power, the connectors for the video card, and sufficient amperage to run the card and the rest of the system is critical.
Does his system have enough power?
Before shutting down the PC, open Device Manager (Control Panel>System), click on display, then rt. click on the Nvidia 630, and then click remove. Answer yes if it asks if you are sure you want to do that.
Shut down the PC, (power it down all the way) , open the case, remove the 630: be careful, there probably is a small tab on the PCI-E slot that locks it in and that has to be disengaged before you can remove the card. Then insert the 970, secure it to the case just like the 630. IT will need to mount to two of the slots at the rear, unlike the 630 which is a 1 slot card.
Connect the two power leads and you are good to fire up, I usually cancel any installlations by Windows and manually install the Nvidia drivers using "Custom" and selecting "Clean Install".
HOWEVER, you have given us NO details about the system and that can be important.
Per Nvidia the minimum recommended power supply is 500 watts with a minimum of 28amps continuous power @ 50C; this is for the entire system. The power supply will also need to have, for one GTX970, two 6 pin or 6+2 pin PCI-E power connections. Some non-reference cards require a 6 pin plus an 8 pin.
Though the card will never draw that much power, the connectors for the video card, and sufficient amperage to run the card and the rest of the system is critical.
Does his system have enough power?
nostall
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They will be connected to the Power supply or, if it is a fully modular unit they would have come with it. If all the wiring from the PSU is hardwired then you may have to dig it out and sort through the wires. It should say PCI-E on the plug. Here's a link to a PSU at Newegg: click on the pictured psu and an new window will open with pictures, click the one with the bunch of wires and enlarge it and there is a PCI-E 6+2 pin plug directly in the center of the wiring ends.Thats what you need.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438012&ignorebbr=1
Yes, it will work, uses even less power, most only require one PCI-E. Not as powerful as the 970, but still waaayy better then a 630.
Thankyou so much for your time, I don't think I'm going to risk doing it by myself. I don't trust myself. I'll get a professional ro do it for me. I really appreciate your time and effort? And by the way, what games do you play on pc? Or none?
nostall
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it isn't that hard, really. Here's a Tom's link with info re. installing video cards:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2551707/graphics-displays.html
I mainly play single player (slower reflexes and poorer eyesight then youngsters on multiplayer) and primarily FPS: L4D2(co-op), CoD, HL2 et al. Metro series. I love combat flight sims, particularly WW2 aircraft, but haven't found any as fun as the original Microsoft CFS, CFS Pacific Theater. I don't play console games, PC only.
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