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Graphics upgrade for Acer x1301

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October 12, 2014 11:47:29 AM

Hi i'm planning to buy a graphics card for my ACER ASPIRE X1301 pc to be able to play high end games at medium-high settings
So far it has integrated graphics which is the nvidia geforce 9200, my power supply is 220watts and i've been thinking of buying the GTX 750TI due to its low power consumption and i've seen on another forum that the gtx 750ti doesnt actually require 300w it only uses around 60w power.
there is An empty PCI Express (PCIe) x16 slot in my pc.
This is the gtx 750ti im planning to buy http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX...


Here are my specs
Mainboard : Acer WMCP78M
Chipset : nVidia nForce 720a
Processor : AMD Athlon II X2 215 @ 2700 MHz
Physical Memory : 3072 MB DDR2-SDRAM
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce 9200
Hard Disk : Western Digital WD64 00AAKS-22A7B SCSI Disk Device (640GB)
DirectX : Version 11.00

my questions are
1) Can my pc handle the GPU
2) Do i just stick the gpu in the PCI Express (PCIe) x16 slot and install drivers for the GPU to work?
3) Can i play Battlefield 4?


Here is a image of the inside view of my PC




Here is the back view of my pc.




I read the reviews of the GTX 750TI low profile gpu and one person has said it Works Perfectly on his 220w PSU
Check the image for more detail.

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October 12, 2014 2:18:54 PM

You will be taking a chance with a small 220W PSU, in spite of what others have said. If your Athlon can manage to allow the card to reach 100% usage, that is. What is most important, is what is your +12V rail rated at?

Besides, looking at the PCIe x16 slot in your pic, it doesn't look like you have the room for the fan and heat sink, do you?
October 13, 2014 12:26:08 PM

clutchc said:
You will be taking a chance with a small 220W PSU, in spite of what others have said. If your Athlon can manage to allow the card to reach 100% usage, that is. What is most important, is what is your +12V rail rated at?

Besides, looking at the PCIe x16 slot in your pic, it doesn't look like you have the room for the fan and heat sink, do you?

I have decided to go for AMD RADEON HD 8570 1gb ddr3 because it was cheap, the power it uses is 60w

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What do you think about it?
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October 13, 2014 12:31:01 PM

Here are some images of the card i bought

a c 342 U Graphics card
October 13, 2014 1:17:26 PM

Sam Ah3212 said:
14364084,0,237355 said:
You will be taking a chance with a small 220W PSU, in spite of what others have said. If your Athlon can manage to allow the card to reach 100% usage, that is. What is most important, is what is your +12V rail rated at?

Besides, looking at the PCIe x16 slot in your pic, it doesn't look like you have the room for the fan and heat sink, do you?
said:

I have decided to go for AMD RADEON HD 8570 1gb ddr3 because it was cheap, the power it uses is 60w
said:


Same power usage as the GTX 750 Ti, but far less performance. At least it will fit better.

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