A good friend of mine got a HP ENVY Phoenix 810-135qe in April of 2014 and from what he's told me {and what very little I know} is in dire need of a new GPU. According to him it can't really play much anything modern. The example he gave was that Dragon Age Inquisition crashes whenever he tries to play because his GPU can't handle the load.
I don't know that much about computers -about the extent is that I can put one together and probably do a fairly decent build solely thanks to the research others put into it.
All of that said {apologies, I prattle sometimes} I am looking in to buying him a GTX 750ti but wantedf to get a more capable opinion on whether the PC can run it as-is or if he'll need a new PSU to properly power it, whether or not the 750ti runs the risk of being bottle-necked, etcetera.
His computer is completely unmodified and in it's factory state with the exception of the OS and as far as I can find the specs are as follows:
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Windows 7 Home Premium 64
4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-4770 processor quad-core [3.4GHz, 8MB Shared Cache]
4GB Nvidia GeForce GT640 [DX11,DVI,DP,HDMI & VGA via adapter]
8GB DDR3-1600MHz [1 DIMM ]
2TB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
Microsoft Office Trial
Security software trial
Blu-ray Reader & SuperMulti DVD burner
15-in-1 Multi-slot Media Card Reader, 4 USB Ports (Front/Top), Audio [Front 2USB2.0, Top 2USB3.0]
No TV Tuner Card
Integrated Sound, Envy Audio; Beats Audio
HP USB Keyboard and USB Optical Mouse
HP WLAN 802.11 b/g/n Bluetooth®(1x1)
HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope
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If I buy him a 750ti will it be as simple as replacing the card or is there something else I need to factor in?
Thank you in advance.
<Sober
I don't know that much about computers -about the extent is that I can put one together and probably do a fairly decent build solely thanks to the research others put into it.
All of that said {apologies, I prattle sometimes} I am looking in to buying him a GTX 750ti but wantedf to get a more capable opinion on whether the PC can run it as-is or if he'll need a new PSU to properly power it, whether or not the 750ti runs the risk of being bottle-necked, etcetera.
His computer is completely unmodified and in it's factory state with the exception of the OS and as far as I can find the specs are as follows:
_________________________________________________________________________
Windows 7 Home Premium 64
4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-4770 processor quad-core [3.4GHz, 8MB Shared Cache]
4GB Nvidia GeForce GT640 [DX11,DVI,DP,HDMI & VGA via adapter]
8GB DDR3-1600MHz [1 DIMM ]
2TB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
Microsoft Office Trial
Security software trial
Blu-ray Reader & SuperMulti DVD burner
15-in-1 Multi-slot Media Card Reader, 4 USB Ports (Front/Top), Audio [Front 2USB2.0, Top 2USB3.0]
No TV Tuner Card
Integrated Sound, Envy Audio; Beats Audio
HP USB Keyboard and USB Optical Mouse
HP WLAN 802.11 b/g/n Bluetooth®(1x1)
HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope
__________________________________________________________________________
If I buy him a 750ti will it be as simple as replacing the card or is there something else I need to factor in?
Thank you in advance.
<Sober
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