Best video card for hp pavillion p7 1155

What is the best video card to upgrade the graphics on this pc? Would I need to upgrade psu as well?

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List your system specs including power supply.

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moby34 wrote :

What is the best video card to upgrade the graphics on this pc? Would I need to upgrade psu as well?

Motherboard
Manufacturer: Pegatron
Form factor: uATX - 24.4 cm (9.6 inches) x 24.4 cm (9.6 inches)
Chipset: Intel H61
Memory sockets: 2 x DDR3
Front side bus speeds: 5 GT/s
Processor socket: LGA 1155
Expansion Slots:

1 PCI Express x16
3 PCI Express x1
1 PCI Express Mini Card x1

300watt psu

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CPU? Video card you have now? Or is it onboard graphics? Monitor resolution? Games you play and what settings are acceptable to you? Budget? We need as much info as you can give us.

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Message edited by anort3 on 02-01-2012 at 11:52:20 PM

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anort3 wrote :

CPU? Video card you have now? Or is it onboard graphics?

Motherboard
Manufacturer: Pegatron
Form factor: uATX - 24.4 cm (9.6 inches) x 24.4 cm (9.6 inches)
Chipset: Intel H61
Memory sockets: 2 x DDR3
Front side bus speeds: 5 GT/s
Processor socket: LGA 1155
Expansion Slots:

1 PCI Express x16
3 PCI Express x1
1 PCI Express Mini Card x1

300watt psu

onboard graphics now

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I edited my above post. Sorry forum lag.

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monitor resolution 1920x1080
general use but want to play ms flightsim
cpu is 3.10 gigahertz Intel Core i5-2400
256 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache
6144 kilobyte tertiary memory cache
64-bit ready
Multi-core (4 total)
Not hyper-threaded

Message edited by moby34 on 02-02-2012 at 12:08:34 AM

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How about a budget?

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You are going to be stuck with a pretty low end card with a 300w power supply. If you want a mid level card or better a new power supply will be necessary.

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yep, I expected that. Any suggestions?

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I need a budget. You want to spend $100 or $1000?

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$100 to $300 including a psu upgrade.

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Ok here is a great power supply for $60.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817151094

That leaves you enough for a pretty good higher mid tier graphics card. If you want Nvidia the GTX 560 Ti and If you want AMD the HD 6950.

EVGA GTX 560 Ti. EVGA has the best warranty in the business and this card has their lifetime warranty. $235 after rebate.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130604

XFX HD 6950. XFX also has a lifetime warranty. $240 after rebate.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814150524

As you can see here in the benchmarks the two cards trade blows depending on the game. The AMD is faster in some , the Nvidia is faster in others. You can compare other cards with this site's benchmarking comparison tool.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/330?vs=293

Here is a great article that may help you decide on a card if you do not like the ones I linked to. Worth reading either way.

http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] ,3107.html

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Thanks. I'll check out local pricing on your suggestions.

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