Hello!
I am sorry if my hardware knowledge is insufficient, but I will try to explain everything the best way I can. The reason why I am posting a thread (and not solving my questions via google/videos etc) is because there are a couple of things I am not sure of (and would like to know more of course)!
A friend of mine has a old computer and would like to upgrade his video card, just for the sake of using a second monitor with this PC. The only video output he has now is a VGA.
He will use his computer mainly for running forex and stocks software and needs the workspace for the many diagrams, charts or whatever. From the screenshots he sent me of CPU-Z my questions start to form really fast.
First of all - in Graphics tab, it says only Intel HD Graphics. If I am not mistaken, Intel used to name all their integrated GPUs like that, not paying much attention to model number.
He tells me that there is indeed a GPU (that he can put in and out), although CPU-Z info directs me to think there is only an integrated one. Or maybe the Intel HD G. started out as a separate component. He also claims that there is another slot for a GPU on his MB, but I find this also highly unlikely.
From the other screenshot I have, I can see the PC is an old Lenovo "station". Checking the model name leads to this: CNET specs.
So, my question, at last: what GPU would you recommend for him, knowing the usage (far from intensive), overclocking of course (in this case) is both funny and irrelevant. I believe that knowing the kind of tasks that will take place on the PC, narrows down the choice straight away. I am just not sure if the target should be "midrange" OLD GPU or "low range" newer model.
Both monitors will be 1080 FHD.
I find it funny having a PC where one monitor is connected via VGA and the other - with HDMI. But maybe that is the only way.
Please, tell me what you think. The GPU should be a small form factor, but I guess the cheeper ones are all like that.
I am sorry if my hardware knowledge is insufficient, but I will try to explain everything the best way I can. The reason why I am posting a thread (and not solving my questions via google/videos etc) is because there are a couple of things I am not sure of (and would like to know more of course)!
A friend of mine has a old computer and would like to upgrade his video card, just for the sake of using a second monitor with this PC. The only video output he has now is a VGA.
He will use his computer mainly for running forex and stocks software and needs the workspace for the many diagrams, charts or whatever. From the screenshots he sent me of CPU-Z my questions start to form really fast.
First of all - in Graphics tab, it says only Intel HD Graphics. If I am not mistaken, Intel used to name all their integrated GPUs like that, not paying much attention to model number.
He tells me that there is indeed a GPU (that he can put in and out), although CPU-Z info directs me to think there is only an integrated one. Or maybe the Intel HD G. started out as a separate component. He also claims that there is another slot for a GPU on his MB, but I find this also highly unlikely.
From the other screenshot I have, I can see the PC is an old Lenovo "station". Checking the model name leads to this: CNET specs.
So, my question, at last: what GPU would you recommend for him, knowing the usage (far from intensive), overclocking of course (in this case) is both funny and irrelevant. I believe that knowing the kind of tasks that will take place on the PC, narrows down the choice straight away. I am just not sure if the target should be "midrange" OLD GPU or "low range" newer model.
Both monitors will be 1080 FHD.
I find it funny having a PC where one monitor is connected via VGA and the other - with HDMI. But maybe that is the only way.
Please, tell me what you think. The GPU should be a small form factor, but I guess the cheeper ones are all like that.
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