HP Pavilion p7 1297c graphics card and power supply upgrade

JulieMW

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I have an HP Pavilion p7 1297c I want to upgrade to a video card with 2gb of VRAM and a 550 watt power supply. Can you offer any suggestions as to products that will work with my computer?

Thanks much .
 

JulieMW

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Here are the specs for the computer (see below). As to the graphics card and power supply I was hoping to stay under $100.00 each. I do have a PNY Geforce 760 GTX with 2gb of vram I was recently gifted but it requires a 500 watt power supply or better. I am also not sure if the PNY Geforce GTX will work with an HP P7 1297c desktop.

The reason for 2gb of ram is that it is the minimum requirement for a program I want to run (Fallout 4).

Thank you,.

HP Pavilion P7 1297c specifications:
Product number
H2L87AA
Release date
4-Jun-2012
Country/region sold in
• United States
• Canada
Motherboard
MSI MS-7778 (Jasmine)
Figure 1: Motherboard top view

• Manufacturer: MSI
• Form factor: uATX - 24.4 cm (9.6 inches) x 24.4 cm (9.6 inches)
• Chipset: AMD A75 FCH
• Memory sockets: 2 x DDR3
• Front side bus speeds: UMI 5 GT/s
• Processor socket: FM2
• Expansion Slots:
• 1 PCI Express x16 (Gen 2.0)
• 3 PCI Express x1 (Gen 2.0)
• 1 PCI Express Mini Card (Gen 2.0)
• For more details, see Jasmine motherboard specifications .
Processor
AMD A10-5700
• TDP: 65W
• Operating speed: 3.4 GHz (up to 4.0 GHz turbo)
• Number of cores: 4
• Socket: FM2
Processor upgrade information
• Socket type: FM2
• Motherboard supports the following processor upgrades:
Processor TDP
Trinity Dual-Core A4-5300 65 W
Trinity Dual-Core A6-5400K 65 W
Trinity Quad-Core A8-5500 65 W
Trinity Quad-Core A8-5600K 100 W
Trinity Quad-Core A10-5700 65 W
Trinity Quad-Core A10-5800K 100 W
Memory
8 GB
• Amount: 8 GB
• Speed: PC3-12800 MB/sec
• Type: DDR3-1600
Memory upgrade information
• Dual channel memory architecture
• Four 240-pin DDR3 DIMM sockets
• Supports DDR3 DIMMs
• PC3-10600 (DDR3-1333)
• PC3-12800 (DDR3-1600)
• PC3-14400 (DDR3-1866)
• Non-ECC memory only, unbuffered
• Supports 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB or 8 GB DIMMs
• Supports up to 4 GB on 32-bit systems
NOTE: 32-bit systems cannot address a full 4.0 GB of memory.
• Supports up to 32 GB on 64-bit systems
NOTE: Maximum memory shown reflects the capability of the hardware and can be limited further in the operating system.
Video graphics
Integrated Graphics
*Integrated video is not available if a graphics card is installed.
• Supports PCI Express x16 graphics cards.
• Either integrated graphics or the PCI Express x16 slot are usable at one time; they are not usable concurrently.
• DVI and VGA ports (Can be used at the same time).
The integrated graphics differ by processor
 

JulieMW

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I know a bit about hardware but not alot. "external power plug" I am guessing is the plug that goes to the power supply inside the computer (like on the PNY Geforce gtx 760). Y ou lost me at the "75 will be a big upgrade over the onboard a10 video" - is that referring to the graphics chip they are using on the computer? Does an Nvidia 750 ti have 2gb of VRAM?

Thanks everyone for your patience. It seems that pc games are starting to pass by my computer.

Julie
 

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JulieMW

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And that would have the leads necessary to power the Geforce 760 GTX? Also is this the same thing?
http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-SuperNOVA-Continuous-Crossfire-220-GS-0650-V1/dp/B00UVN20AO

Thank you all for your patience.
 

JulieMW

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Thank you kindly for your time, patience and understanding and most especially your help!

Julie

 


Don't be stuck on the RAM amount, a slow card can also have 2 gig of RAM on it, but be too slow for games.

What you really needed to do is list your full specs, budget and what you wanted the system to run. You are asking the wrong question, it should have been "what video card do I need to run Fallout 4" not just "I need a card with 2 gig of RAM". If you look for 750 and 750 Ti models you can find all the details you need about how much RAM they have.