Graphics card sugesstions £150 +

biggs14 · 3 Oct 2017 at 18:58

Hi everyone
as you can see im after a upgrade in thr G card area and my rig struggles with the latest games , i run a i7 with 16 ram and i have a HD monitor but my rig struggles with the upper end games so advice for the best card under £200 that can cope ,ready to upgrade case as the H.P case has little room for a graphics card and thats the least of my troubles
thanks in advance

TallPaul1878 · 3 Oct 2017 at 18:59

3GB GTX 1060. Job done

mickyflinn · 3 Oct 2017 at 19:10

What psu do you have and gpu as that will give us the size ?

TallPaul1878 · 3 Oct 2017 at 19:12

mickyflinn said:
What psu do you have and gpu as that will give us the size . ?

That's a good spot. OP says it's a HP computer. Chances are that it's trash tier.

biggs14 · 3 Oct 2017 at 19:39

TallPaul1878 said:
That's a good spot. OP says it's a HP computer. Chances are that it's trash tier.

i have a Intel I7 2600 cpu @ 3.4 GHz 14 GB ram (pretty old i know but cannot afford too much spend)

mickyflinn · 3 Oct 2017 at 19:49

mickyflinn said:
What psu do you have and gpu as that will give us the size ?

Could you answer the question please.

biggs14 · 3 Oct 2017 at 20:30

mickyflinn said:
Could you answer the question please.

sorry for the delay

Form Factor: internal ATX
Total wattage: 460W
Nominal input voltage range:
- 100-127V/3A (50-60Hz)
- 200-240V/2A (50-60Hz)
- Gforce GT 530
- GPU Engine Specs
  CUDA Cores
  96
  Graphics Clock (MHz)
  700
  Processor Clock (MHz)
  1400
  Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec)
  11.2
  Memory Specs
  Memory Clock
  Up to 898MHz
  Standard Memory Config
  1 GB or 2GB DDR3
  Memory Interface
  DDR3
  Memory Interface Width
  128-bit
  Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec)
  28.8
  Feature Support
  OpenGL
  4.2
  Bus Support
  PCI-E 2.0 x16
  Supported Technologies
  DirectX 11, CUDA, PhysX
  Display Support
  Multi Monitor
  Yes
  Maximum Digital Resolution
  2560x1600
  Maximum VGA Resolution
  2048x1536
  Standard Display Connectors
  VGA
  HDMI
  DVI-I
  DP

TallPaul1878 · 3 Oct 2017 at 21:00

I'd be surprised if it couldn't run a GTX 1060 at all. It's not like he wants to stick a Titan in there.

GT530 draws 50W
GTX1060 draws 120W.

Recommended PSU is 400W. If it was a 320W PSU I'd be a bit more worried

mickyflinn · 3 Oct 2017 at 21:08

Its not that simple tallpaul as the gt530 is usaully a single slot card so need to make sure it can take a dual slot card.

Can you give us the model number of your pc so i can check the specs further Biggs, Motherboard and case.

biggs14 · 3 Oct 2017 at 21:30

mickyflinn said:
Its not that simple tallpaul as the gt530 is usaully a single slot card so need to make sure it can take a dual slot card.

Can you give us the model number of your pc so i can check the specs further Biggs, Motherboard and case.

Thanks mickyflinn probably upgrading case too
https://support.hp.com/gb-en/produc...ries/5187019/model/5231580/document/c03385448

mickyflinn · 3 Oct 2017 at 22:12

Cool looks like your good to go, any gtx 1060 should fit but make sure you check the length inside for your new gpu, if your going to change the case then a matx case is what you want.

It does say its a uatx motherboard which is another term for micro atx.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=u...x-b&gfe_rd=cr&dcr=0&ei=2_zTWY6XIJDc8Aer1ZzIDA

biggs14 · 3 Oct 2017 at 23:48

mickyflinn said:
Cool looks like your good to go, any gtx 1060 should fit but make sure you check the length inside for your new gpu, if your going to change the case then a matx case is what you want.

It does say its a uatx motherboard which is another term for micro atx.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=u...x-b&gfe_rd=cr&dcr=0&ei=2_zTWY6XIJDc8Aer1ZzIDA

thanks for advice guys

biggs14 · 17 Oct 2017 at 23:32

Got the card you guys suggested thanks again but sadly it fits but not compatible with my motherboard so back to the start