Upgrading an Old Gateway FX510X Graphic Card

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I'm not sure what is the best or highest powered Graphics Card I can install on an older Gateway FX510X Desktop. I currently run a Pentium D (worst Intel made) dated 2006. However, the PC runs smooth. I did upgrade a new Graphics card 3 years ago, a NVidia 9600 GT. It does have a PCIx16 slot available. I hate to rid this PC, it really is a wonder for 10 years old, all original parts excluding Video Card and Memory. It is a 32 bit OS, with capabilities of 64 Bit, but do not think installing 64 bit OS is wise, all other drivers will not work. It has a partitioned drive, with Windows 7 Professional, and Windows 10 Pro on other side, both work flawless for its age and old CPU @.2.87 Ghz. Any thoughts? I woud like to stick with NVidia. Possibly a GTX. This is not AGP, but PCI. Thanks in advance
 
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Sorry, but my opinion is that your CPU is so old that it is not worth putting anything more a 9600 GT in it. It actually is so low on the performance scale that it doesn't appear on Tom's CPU Hierarchy List. A comparison on CPUBoss shows it has similar performance to an Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2160 which is at the very bottom of the list. Here is a quote from that link

"Currently, our hierarchy consists of 13 total tiers. The bottom half of the chart is largely outdated; you'll notice those CPUs dragging down performance in the latest games, regardless of the graphics card installed in your PC. If you own a CPU in that range, an upgrade could really take your gaming experience to another level."...
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Sorry, but my opinion is that your CPU is so old that it is not worth putting anything more a 9600 GT in it. It actually is so low on the performance scale that it doesn't appear on Tom's CPU Hierarchy List. A comparison on CPUBoss shows it has similar performance to an Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2160 which is at the very bottom of the list. Here is a quote from that link

"Currently, our hierarchy consists of 13 total tiers. The bottom half of the chart is largely outdated; you'll notice those CPUs dragging down performance in the latest games, regardless of the graphics card installed in your PC. If you own a CPU in that range, an upgrade could really take your gaming experience to another level."

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/cpu-hierarchy,4312.html

So unless you are willing to upgrade your CPU I would just leave the 9600 in there.
 
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Jaxx1111

Jaxx1111

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Thanks on the advice, not worth spending $ if its not going to do any improvements. Any thoughts why the PC itself shuts off on its own, even when all the Windows 10 Power Plans are to "Never" shut off on all ends?
 
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Jaxx1111

Jaxx1111

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I actually just got rid of "Ge Force Experience" and reinstalled the drivers to the graphics card, and wow, I see an overall improvement. I picked up the advice on another thread. So for anyone who has an older PC with a NVIDIA graphics card, and are having issues like I explained above, uninstall the driver, go to NVIDIA's website, and download the driver directly without using "GeForce Experience". It seemed to do the trick, this ole PC is on, not displaying off, and also seems much more stable. Thanks though for the advice. Best for me to start putting some $ aside and buy a new ASUS or RAZOR with the most latest specs. Of course I am not into gaming, but can use a my ArcMap 10.3 Desktop finally on a new PC. This is though, still great for fast web browsing, and lower ended video editing, hard to believe. The Pentium D was Intel's worst CPU, being the pioneer in the 64 bit architecture.
 
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