Replacement/Upgrade for failed GEforce GTX460

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So I have exhausted all suggestions of repairing BSOD issues I believe and logs have pointed me to be a failure to the graphics card.
I am a graphics card novice.
I am okay at upgrading on my own but honestly when it comes to specifics of hardware I have no clue.
Some guidance would be appreciated.
current is Nvidia GEForce GTX460
Need ASAP. Budget $200-250 (if thats realistic?)
Would prefer if I could get it on amazon, but open to other stores if they are more cost effective.
I would not prefer to have to make any additional modifications. An equivalent or upgraded Card would be fine if I can get something that will work a little better for my husband's Iracing game.
I personally only use my pc play casual games/watch Netflix at the same time as browsing websites (using two monitors)
Here are the only specs I know of:
Hpe-580t
Windows 10 home
Nvidia GeForce Gt460
Intel i7 950@3.07
9gb ram
power supply:460W Max
 
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Your budget is realistic for a new card with better performance than a GTX 460.

My suggestion would be either the GTX 1050Ti or the higher performing GTX 1060 3GB model.....both of these are a lot better than the GTX 460, so much so that even a GTX 1050 (non Ti) would still be quite an upgrade.

BTW, you have an i7, and while it's an early model, it's still good enough for all the cards I've mentioned.
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Your budget is realistic for a new card with better performance than a GTX 460.

My suggestion would be either the GTX 1050Ti or the higher performing GTX 1060 3GB model.....both of these are a lot better than the GTX 460, so much so that even a GTX 1050 (non Ti) would still be quite an upgrade.

BTW, you have an i7, and while it's an early model, it's still good enough for all the cards I've mentioned.
 
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if it not your gpu be carefull a failing power supply can look like a bad gpu if the 12v rail is not holding. on your old mb depending on it bios and if there any upgrades the newer gpu may not post in your mb. most of the newer gpu need efi bios. if your going ot be gaming i look at a newer 650w power supply there are some good unit from seasonic that are not costly. the older 900 gpu may work in your mb or the older 700 cards.
 
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Thanks for the info! Is there anywhere to verify this? most of the BSOD log programs seem to all point to graphics card, and whenever I try to install the drivers for it, it crashes with at least 4 related GPU errors.
I'll be honest I don't know much at all about about power sources, so most of this I am not sure what you're referencing...
If I change the power source am I going to have other things as well?
 
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Thanks for the suggestions... quick question I am not seeing Nvidia branded for these model numbers, do you happen to know if other brands are okay?

 
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I assume you mean you don't want a GPU from NVidia? The reason I ask is because their board partners like MSI, EVGA, Asus, Gigabyte and so on use the NVidia GPUs.

The only other choice is AMD, there is nothing wrong with their GPUs, the only reason I didn't mention any of theirs is because price to performance was taken a hit lately.....mostly due to their architecture being better at crypto-currency mining, which has made them more in demand for that and pushed the prices up. Lately prices of all graphic cards has dropped, so AMD may be worth looking at.

So the alternative to the earlier GPUs I mentioned, would be the RX 560 or 570.

 
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Sorry maybe I worded it wrong... I meant that when I look up those model numbers the all say Geforce ### however I do not find any labeled from Nvidia as the manufacturer.. most are from PNY EVGA MSI ASUS etc...
but are you saying the other "partners" are okay to use? I don't care who its from as long as it works fine or better than what I have..
thank you for your help!
 
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Ok, I see what the confusion is about. NVidia and AMD make the GPUs and memory and sell them to their board partners.....NVidia do also release cards under there own name, AMD don't. The current generation of NVidia cards are the 1000 series (1030, 1050, 1060, 1070, 1080 & and the Ti models)

So when you see a card from MSI for example, and it's a GTX 1060 3GB, then this *is* a NVidia made GPU. All the other manufactures of the GTX 1060 3GB are using the same GPU and memory. What's different is the coolers they use and sometimes the power delivery and clock speeds, but for the most part, they are all the same except one may run slightly cooler than another.

If you're asking me which brand is better, there isn't much difference, but the traditional big name companies are MSI, EVGA, Asus and Gigabyte. Lately, companies like PNY and Zotac seem to also have good cards and are perhaps slightly cheaper.

So to sum up, on the NVidia side I recommend the GTX 1050 Ti or 1060 3GB (there is a 6 GB version but it costs a lot more, but it does perform better too) On the AMD side, the RX 560 or 570 are good GPUs too.
 
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I should've addressed an earlier comment about being able to run the latest generation GPUs on an older computer. You probably need to update your computer's BIOS, if you haven't in the last few years. There is no doubt that an i7 950 can run these latest GPUs, a quick Youtube search will find hundreds of examples, but they have probably updated their computer's BIOS.

If you don't know how, Youtube is full of useful videos on the topic.
 
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Thanks again! and to your other comment, now all this naming stuff makes sense coupled with the handful of things I have read.

BIOS is showing 2011, so I'm guessing that's considered old? I don't know if I asked a dumb question altogether and should have considered replacement my entire unit..

anyhow, I seem to think I may have updated BIOS due to some prior issues in the past, however, I am not sure but I think that I could manage..
 
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