Can I change my video card on my HP desktop?

[madimakhi]

Hello,
I have the HP pavilion H8-1000in model
http://tinyurl.com/3qfa4wl(this one)
so i bought this computer like yesterday and thought with 2 GB DDR3 card,the PC should be flying for games.
so Today I tried out FIFA 12 and the graphics looked terrible!
I did some further research and found out that this card was extremely bad.
I want to change it but there are a few things that will get affected-
My warranty(those HP poeple are denying on changing it for me)

Whether my power suply is enough for a new,more powerful card.

Will my PC get overheated
what can I do?
thanks for your help!

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

First of all ; the link doesn't work.
The warrenty will be voided when you put in a new card.
The powersupply ( i believe is 460W ) ain't powerfull enough for a mid/high end card.
You can go for a 6670 but that won't be that much of an upgrade. You could try a 5770 if you can find one. Also a GTX460, but it will be hard work for the psu.
Maybe the best and safest thing to do will be to upgrade your psu, maybe a 500W and a GTX560Ti or a HD6870.
What's your budget btw ?
O, and the 6570 probably hasn't got 2G but uses your mobo memory for that.

 

[cps1974]

the Nvidia GTX 460 / AMD HD 6770 should both be ok with your psu, im assuming HP use as good PSU as Dell so it will be a solid 460W rather than some value brand 460W

the GTX 460 runs cool, idle +/-30c load +/-60c

you will need to make sure you have the room in the case, both cards are larger than the card i think you have (GT 420?) sometimes the cpu cooler in mATX can infringe upon the PCI express lane

chaz

 

[madimakhi]

sorry this is the link-----
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c03038580&cc=in&dlc=en&lang=en&lc=en&product=5090361
well the present PSU gives only 300 W
and the card utilizes upto 60w i guess.
I just want to change the card,not the PSU
please help!
well I played fifa 12 and the graphics looked pretty good on full settings..i didnt notice any lag or anything.

 

[madimakhi]

also I use HDMI 32 inch tv screen to play mostly so I am not concerned with my monitor's native resolution
if it helps,its up till 1680*1050

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

Can you open your case and see how many amps there are on the 12V rail ?

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

It should be mentioned on the sticker on your psu.

 

[madimakhi]

12 V right?
it says 19A
it's an HP PSU though
I had to break the seal though :/

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

Mmm, believe i have read some thread stating that a 6670 setup needs 25A. I'll look further to see if thats right.

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

Btw, only one 12v rail right ?

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

Lol, now i found a thread stating at least 18A needed. The search continous. http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/322399-15-power-supply-requirements-radeon-6670

 

[madimakhi]

urghh its irritating!
what should I do?!
See im a 16 year ld kid ok?
MY dad got me this PC for my birthday
if I fool around with it then he will kill me!
also I dont thnik I can arrange that kind of money to buy a new PSU and video card myself

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

The 6670 is safe. Assuming you have the gt240 now it's ok to go ; http://www.hwcompare.com/10733/geforce-gt-240-gddr5-vs-radeon-hd-6670-oem/

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/325004-15-hd5670-6670-power-usage

 

[madimakhi]

LOL its even worse
its GT 420 haha
I would be ecstatic if I would get the 240

 

[madimakhi]

DO you think I can put in my old video card the 9600 GT 512 MB one in?
with the same PSU?
it beats the 6670

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

Ok, thats a 50W card. The 6670 is 13w more. I would take that chance myself but i don't have a dad who won't be happy at least when the psu would die. Difficult.


Can someone else confirm or not that the 6670 is safe to use ?


Otherwise to be really safe the HD6570, it's the same powerneed and better performance, still don't excpect miracles from it. http://www.hwcompare.com/10413/geforce-gt-420-vs-radeon-hd-6570-oem-1gb/ http://www.hwcompare.com/10557/geforce-gt-420-vs-radeon-hd-6570-oem-2gb/

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

The 9600 is 95W card . . .

 

[cps1974]

the 9600 GT will outperform your GT 420 but as you can see it uses more power...

http://www.hwcompare.com/6859/geforce-9600-gt-512mb-vs-geforce-gt-420/


chaz

 

[madimakhi]

damn it
I think I will talk to my dad about this
but he has no idea about computer stuff
he will say"its a 2 GB video card!what else do you need a private jet?!"
urgh it's irritating
do you think the HP people will exchange this PC for another one?
like an i5 with a better card?

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

And i think the 6670 is better than the 9600 and only 63W, but still the question is there ; is a 6670 safe on a 300W 12v-19A PSU ?

 

[madimakhi]

nono its no use I checked and a new card+new PSU wll cost me like more than 200 bucks which I dont have and it will take me months to earn that kind of cash
I think I will talk to the HP guy and try to get a new PC.
thanks for your answers though!

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

Ok, good luck with the HP guy.

 

[madimakhi]

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