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Computer is 8 years old and was a costco build. Have chatted with nvidia and costco tech to no avail. Reseated, am sure it is seated card and ram. Not recognizing gtx Admittedly, my system is ancient, but it worked for me.

I do not game but stream and do light photo and short video editing which worked fine with the legacy Catalyst drivers. Here are the specs. I also noticed the flash BIOS is dated I think the card is not supported by Windows 10 and you need to get a modern GPU. The specific models that I would recommend are:. You are a prince for replying! My OS is bit. Do I need to get a bit interface GPU? Or are the bit interface cards compatible? Never replaced a GPU before. Is it just an internal swap out…plug and play?

Or is it more complicated than that? Or would you recommend another thread for that answer? It is just an internal swap, which means take out the old card and put the new one in.

Also, will I have a problem with my standard watt power supply? At least one of these cards requires W. Thanks in advance. Here the models to look for:. I think so. You can double check it by measuring the length clearance from the one end over the PCIe x16 slot to the other end. This card is mm in length. Want to get a RX 8GB any recommendations for which one? I believe this will work based on your article but would love some confirmation.

It should work fine with your motherboard but make sure you have a decent W PSU for it. On this card, you can play games like GTA 5 on medium settings at p easily. Yes the motherboard will support. The 1GB memory is for integrated graphics not for the dedicated one. Please help! Its seems that Problem is i7 Processor that Sandy Bridge. They Recommended to Change ivy Bridge Processor.

Hi there, Have an older computer and looking at upgrading the video card to either a RX up to a XT depending on compatibility. Just need a definitive answer as to whether the above mentioned video cards would work on my motherboard,. Intel i CPU 3. You have to contact the card manufacturer to confirm on this. FWIW, the Dell-specific? If the is bad, I can return it for exchange. So, kaput. Thank you man. I found your info on the internet while I was doing some research of my own. Trying to figure out if the motherboard I have will support a bigger better graphics card than the one that is currently installed.

Thank you for your time regarding my questions. If I have the wrong department or person please let me know. Hope you all have a great day. Yes you can upgrade to a higher graphics card with this motherboard. A W PSU will be an overkill for your system. If you wish to upgrade the PSU then a good W power supply should be more than enough. Hi, i wanted to upgrade my graphics card but dunno which is compatible. I cannot run new games properly thats why. Thank you for your prompt reply.

To be honest, i am not a techy guy. This is all i have. I have a tower case commonly used. Well, if your motherboard has a PCI-E x16 slot then you can install a decent graphics card, given that your PC case can fit it. Also, I will be editing videos from my goPro cam. I have a Dell Desktop: Windows 10 Pro bit I need help fast! I think it is better to build a whole new PC because you have to upgrade everything except for the hard drive. So would it be best to buy the pc and then Buy another 8gb memory?

Just wanna make sure. How much could it impact the peformance? I actually need it for playing CS GO competitively on my Hz monitor with lowest settings possible to maintain that fps. However, your CPU will be a bottleneck for this card. Could you elaborate in terms of speed? You may notice slight performance loss if you are using high-end card like GTX Ti or better.

With GTX there is no performance loss. I think it is worth upgrading to X to be able to extract maximum performance from your card. Use dual 4-pin molex to 8-pin PCIe adapter cable instead. I plugged in the GPU, it lights up, fan turns on. But the screen stays black. If so, what GPU do you recommend.

Thank you for your help and for an amazing website. Make sure the 8-pin PCIe connector is connected to the graphics card. Try update the BIOS if a latest one is available. Also, check the display cable, try different ports and reseat the graphics card.

Yes they are compatible and will work. Can i play all the latest games with this card? Pls suggest. Do you have a tutorial on how to build step-by-step gaming pc build starting with psu connections to motherboard, video card, cpu, Sata ssd, Sata hdd, RGB fans and others? It will offer a significant performance boost over the RX Thank You, for replying quickly.

Do you know of a power supply upgrade. My Pc is an Omen Obelisk. The obelisk i have its the base one id assume its core i CPU 2. Thanks a million for your help buddy. You are indeed the best support i got on the web. Keep it up. Best Regards.

Regards, Ian Rowlands. Akshat Verma, I accept your recommendation; again thank you very much for your help, it has been much appreciated. Ian Rowlands. Also, I am certainly not looking for a gaming card and strictly for professional purposes. May I please be suggested an amd or msi card.

Motherboard has pcie x16 and pcie x4 Trying to install low profile gigabyte gtx Layout will only allow me to install the gpu into the x4 slot. Motherboard is e am Dell optioned HI Akshat,i have a Pentium dual core cpu E 2. RTX will be too much for your system to handle and will be seriously bottlenecked. With the current configuration, the best upgrade would be GeForce GT For specs comparison, use the official website of the graphics card manufacturer. Hello, Akshat, thanks for your amazing articles!

I want to buy a dedicated graphics card. Does the size of the motherboard matter also when buying a graphics card, or just the size of the case? I have taken measures inside the motherboard and have found that the length from the back of the PC up to the PCI-E x16 slot is mm. Thank you very much!! What case do you have? The size of the motherboard has nothing to do with graphics card compatibility, only your case should have enough clearance to fit the card.

Thanks for your answer! The case is called Innovator Beyond U3 and it is x x mm, so I think it fits most gaming cards even if they have 2 fans. I was just worried that I should buy only single fan cards. It is quite a spacious case and supports graphics cards up to mm in length. It is an excellent graphics card for this particular Desktop.

I want buy nvidia gtx oc 4gb gddr5 is it work well? A lot of questions and answers over the years. I have a very basic question, hope you can help me. I building my new computer, the motherboard I will use works with pcie 4. I want to reuse my old 2. Card will be connected via GDC dock which will be connected through M. Many people are doing this for old Laptops, due you think this could work for the tiny desktop?? Well, this kind of setup does work but is not compatible with all laptops or computers.

I think it should be compatible, but in the amazon page there is a notice saying that this card is not compatible with older hardware and does not explain why. Should I purchase this card? If not, what would you recommend up to USD budget.

Thanks a lot. You should go with the GTX which you can easily find in your budget. The Windows startup logo shows not in the center of the screen but to the right and down. After that the screen goes black and after a couple of beeps it displays light blue background with many horizontal lines mixed with shreds of my desktop icons. The card is installed correctly, I checked it many times. Same with the 8 pin power connector. What display cable are you using for connecting the card to the monitor.

Also, test the card in another PC to make sure whether the card is faulty or not. After that system started working again and I was able to log in. I changed the GPU and my new card got recognized and the system downloaded necessary drivers.

Thank you for this post. What type of graphical card I could be use? Thank you very much. You can use PCIe x1 graphics cards with it but they are difficult to find. If i get a w it will be able to run right? My mobo is a bm pro4 and my processor is a Ryzen 7 x. I just have been a little lost about how compatibility works. Reading this article did help a lot though.

The out put ports showing some problem and I want to add a graphic card to it. Which all are the supporting cards to it. Will you help me? I am not a serious gamer. But I think this will be good for a budget replacement. Thank you very much for the timely help.

Akshat Verma, thank you very much for this helpful article. Would you please suggest for me a graphics card update for my computer? I want to upgrade as much as possible without having to change any other hardware as I am not skilled in altering my computer.

It has PCI Express 1. Could you please suggest the best fit for this configuration with economical price performance ratio? I hope this is enough information! Thank you so much! Specs wise you should face no problems running it but I am skeptical about the clearance in the case. I Wait You Answer. May be older graphics cards with PCI interface may work it.

Steps that I followed: 1. Update the bios 3. The PSU is w with the 6pin feed Still the problem exist. Thanks for the quick response! Or is it not related to that? Nice article. Probably a BIOS issue, tested graphics card in another computer and works fine. Probably not a Power supply problem, Sentey with w and 48A in 12v rail is enough i think. I want your opinion, what do you think? PSU is a w, should be enough. Thanks for the super comprehensive article.

Is this the best one I could opt? Help would be much appreciated. In the near future will buy it and report back. I finally managed to buy a GT Installed with no problems and working. At p saw an increase of almost 30 fps. The link is working at x4 1. I had previously thought that the link would downscale to x16 1. I would like to understand where the bottleneck is. Will a Gigabyte Windforce Nvidia work with this board? Do you see any issue with this combination?

I wanted to use this setup for machine learning. If you see any issue, which other nvidia gpu do you recommend? I checked the price of super and they are above my budget. I will settle in for zotac now. I am looking at buying a new Dell setup for budget gaming. I am wondering if this new Dell setup that I am considering will support that GeForce card if I swap it into the new machine.

Also, will I need to upgrade my PSU? When i installed this in the board showing display when connect to the motherboard, no display when connecting to the gpu. Please kindly advise about this issue. Hi I have an Acer TC desktop computer. Could you please advise me on which graphics card that i can upgrade to, and I will need to update the power supply as the connector needed to power the new card is not present.

Thanks for your assistance. Yes sorry, English is not my main language so I use Google Translation. You can use RTX with your current system without changing any component. Any Ideas. The Acer TC requires a six pin cable to power the unit. The power supply box that i have has only 24 pin and a 8 pin power cable attached none of which are used in the Acer TC It only has a 6 pin port with 5 wires attached. Never knew that this particular acer machine uses proprietary PSU and motherboard.

Black screen! I gave him a laptop fan to set it on. Given the fact that this GPU did not last long, bought it June , which card would you recommend? Agreed…I was thinking a gpu with the same horsepower which perhaps would run cooler. Thank you Akshat! The only game I play on it is runescape. I have been looking around and before I buy something I would like to make sure it will all fit and is right. Please leave your thoughts and advice. I have 1 PCI expressx Current graphics card is UHD Graphics Windows PSU is w.

It is a low power budget card, compact and is quite powerful for p gaming. Will this one be good? I am planning to play Fortnite. Could you pls. I am running an Nvidia ti and need to upgrade. What would be a good gpu to upgrade that would compatible and work well with my setup?

I now have a W PSU. I will need to upgrade my mobo and cpu at some point in the future and I was hoping to play pp games well. The PSU is W. Many thanks for your prompt reply. One more question-how difficult should be the installation? I have purchased asus gt ddr5 graphics card, and my pc motherboard is gigabyte ga-h61m-ds2, i3 2nd generation windows 7 but my screen is stuck after gigabyte logo, is it compatible with motherboard or not or smps problem, my smps is support upto watt.

Pls help me. It should work on your motherboard. Disable onboard graphics in the BIOS and change the primary graphics adapter to PEG or the setting specified for the discrete graphics card. I have put it into 3 other systems it boots perfectly fine I had it working with this setup in a different case?

I have updated bios on the motherboard it gives no video output whatsoever in this system but works fine in other systems with same exact psu but I have put a rx 8gb in the system it works fine I have put a gtx also works fine and a gtx also no problems so I am stuck ive been trying to finish this pc for two days? Strange issue. Do graphics card fans spin when you get no video output? Yes the gpu fans spins it boots all the way to windows just no video output….

Any help is appreciated! Thank you for the suggested site! I get only the 3 bips from the motherboard meaning no VGA detected. I talk to the store i got the motherboard and they say that the GPU is not compatible and i sould get a newer graphics card.

Just to mention the GPU was working with me older build. And i also try with another older graphics card with no luck. And my proc i3 f. This graphic card working well when i put on the other motherboard. I already check and put all sockets in the right place. Please kindly assist on this as soon as possible. If in the BIOS, there is support for legacy mode then turn it ON and check again, otherwise, you have to get a new graphics card.

I have tried using legacy mode in the CFM setting. Any idea what might be going on. Well, there is no provision to add a graphics card to your laptop. You can lower the in-game graphics settings to gain more FPS. I think GT should run fine. Yes, it should run fine with your motherboard. However, make sure you have a W or higher power supply. I dont need a flash gpu just something to bring me closer to reality. Operativsystemnavn Microsoft Windows 10 Home Versjon Considering your processor, I think GTX is a pretty good match for your system.

I need some assistance. I have an old computer, and I was wondering if it was possible to upgrade the graphics card. Any idea if I could upgrade to anything better than what I have? You can upgrade to a low profile GeForce GT which would be a significant improvement in the graphics department. Thanks so much for the quick reply. I read through your article on Graphicscardhub.

I just want to double check to make sure it will work with my computer. I have a HP Envy Ht that now has 32gb of ram. The older graphics card crapped out in Sept and caused all kinds of issues after a windows update. So I pulled it and have been using onboard graphics since.

I tossed the older one by mistake. I only need 2gb at the most. Everything is same specs except for updated ram and HD. I really need a general replacement suggestion. Intel i 3. Is there a possibility to upgrade the graphics card? If yes, could you suggest the most powerful and the least powerful above GT? However, I do not really want to upgrade anything else except GPU. Hi Akshat, first of all, this was an excellent post, very well explained.

Thank you very much! Just kidding. Keep up the good work! I have a hp pavillion tg 01 gaming desktop with an intel i5 f with 8 gig ram with an baker motherboard. I am running Linux Mint I am not the only one who gets this problem with Linux Mint when trying to run later versions of Linux. The only way to stop this constant Freezing seems to be by using Older Versions of Linux which lacks a lot of the features that come with the Newer Versions of Linux Mint. Any ideas what the Problem could be?

Do you have any recommendations for Graphics Cards for Linux? I think it is a compatibility issue related to your processor which is quite old. Also, what is this Nvidia Geforce ? You could well be right, do you have any recommendations for a not too expensive processor more compatible with Linux Mint. I think the processor and motherboard are facing issues with the latest version of Linux mint because of compatibility issues.

I have a PCI-E graphics card in, and am running off that, but it seems laggy. Hello, i just bought new low spec computer, may you suggest me compatible low budget graphic cards or may suggest what else should i upgrade my pc?

Sorry for my bad english. Do you have any suggestions? It is only possible with laptops having an MXM slot. My monitor screen flickers. I have updated the drivers, uninstalled and reinstalled the drivers.

I have gone through third party apps and uninstalled many of them. I think my next step is a new graphics card. What would I replace that with. Can you please help me? I think all of them should work with your motherboard. But my Asus GeForce does not work on the new set. My Asus GeForce works fine on that setup.

On this setup my Asus card does not work. Any ideas? Thanks Akshat. Maybe I am missing something? Can u use a gtx with these specs Mobo. No idea Case no idea. Notify me by email when the comment gets approved. How To Guides. Related Posts. Akshat Verma June 23, Thanks for pointing out the typo.

Makar March 7, Akshat Verma March 8, Yes they are compatible. Akshat Verma May 28, John February 19, Akshat Verma February 19, No graphics card? Selena August 9, Akshat Verma August 10, Ken June 20, Akshat Verma June 20, What PSU does it have?

Also, can you tell me its wattage and current on the 12V Rail? Reseat your graphics card and your RAM, and try again.

Which GTX card are you using? Ken June 21, Akshat Verma June 21, Thank you for your help! What video card would you recommend For this Dell? Alfredo February 14, Akshat Verma July 13, They will work fine as long as the video drivers are supported for that OS. Walter Schwartz October 10, Akshat Verma October 10, Manfred October 16, Akshat Verma October 17, Akshat Verma October 27, Why are you finding it so difficult because I think you can put any graphics card in it.

Anymonms October 27, What are the specs? Also, Fortnite is not that demanding. Akshat Verma October 28, Omkar gurav October 28, Same to you and keep me updated about the issue. Aaron Lai October 31, Akshat Verma October 31, Yes it will run fine. Tarciso November 6, Akshat Verma November 7, Joe Smith November 7, I think the card will work fine on this motherboard but you have to upgrade the PSU for it. Dzintars November 8, Akshat Verma November 8, Yes it will work fine with your motherboard.

Dzintars November 11, Akshat Verma November 12, Yes it will work fine. Michael November 17, Akshat Verma November 17, Good to know, again thanks. Your site had gained a new follower. You are most welcome. Joe December 2, Akshat Verma December 2, Akshat Verma December 9, Chretien December 26, Remove the Card from the slot and add it again I am waiting forward to reading from you. Akshat Verma December 27, Jhit Naguindas December 27, Akshat Verma January 5, Gasame January 6, Forgot to mention that my motherboard is Pegatron Corporation 2A Akshat Verma January 6, Rance January 8, Akshat Verma January 8, Akshat Verma January 12, If your motherboard has PCIe x16 slot which I think you have then it will work.

Patricio Delaporte January 27, Akshat Verma January 27, Also, can you tell me your budget too. A great cheaper alternative would be Radeon RX Thanks for your time Akshat! Abdelhak January 28, Akshat Verma January 29, It this RX or RX ? Doug Jivery February 3, Val February 4, Akshat Verma February 4, Jeremy Blum February 13, Akshat Verma February 13, Tom February 18, Akshat Verma February 20, Which Dell PC model is this?

Can you please list your PC specs i. Mike February 29, Akshat Verma February 29, Akshat Verma March 1, Akshat Verma March 12, Yes it is compatible but make sure you have a good W power supply. Gerry March 14, Akshat Verma March 14, You are the Prince of Compatibility!

Gerry Wordehoff October 14, Todd Neuman March 15, Akshat Verma March 16, Todd Neuman March 20, What graphics driver version are you using? Akshat Verma March 17, Tarun Saini March 17, Tarun Saini March 18, Akshat Verma March 18, Please give me your whatsapp number,i have too many questions.

You can ask as many questions here. Akshat Verma March 20, I think it should be compatible. I have the hp omen is the xt compatible. Akshat Verma March 19, Do you mean RX XT? Max E. March 24, Akshat Verma March 24, What power supply does it have? Ramesh Kumawat March 26, Akshat Verma March 26, Budget not an issue, first thing need to know compatibility and budget can be maximum k.

Thank you dear a lots. Unknown March 27, My budget is min 50 bucks I need to run high-quality games such as GTA or call of duty please. Akshat Verma March 27, I meant maximum not minimum my bad xd. Joseph R Cunningham March 28, Akshat Verma March 28, Bob March 28, Hello, Great guide, thank you. Can you please provide me the link for your desktop.

What do you recommend? Akshat Verma March 31, Yes you can use this card in your system. Dave April 1, Akshat Verma April 1, Not sure but if it is an MXM card then might be possible. Veronika Jankoska April 1, Can you suggest me a few graphic cards that will be compatible to my PC Regards Vinayak. Akshat Verma April 2, Akshat Verma April 5, What power supply do you have and how much is your budget for the card? Sonia Reveley April 5, Akshat Verma April 6, Rick April 6, Akshat Verma April 7, Rick April 8, Amazing, thanks for this.

YES April 8, Akshat Verma April 9, MXM-B 3. HD M. Graham K April 9, Akshat Verma April 10, Graham K April 10, Julian April 11, But the card wont post, i have tried the following: 1. Akshat Verma April 12, Are you sure that the card is alright?

Marcos van Dam April 14, Akshat Verma April 14, I would suggest Quadro RTX Marcos van Dam April 15, Jassiel April 16, Akshat Verma April 16, Jassiel April 20, Thanks when building my PC will you recommend doing anything specific? Akshat Verma April 20, Jassiel April 21, Akshat Verma April 21, Yes MX-4 is good and even I have applied the same. Fred Foster April 16, What do you mean by new motherboard? You have to contact HP only for the motherboard.

Justin Rider April 17, Akshat Verma April 17, It should work fine. Benjamin Hargrove April 18, Akshat Verma April 18, Brenton M April 19, Akshat Verma April 19, Yes it is compatible but make sure that you a good W power supply.

Hayden April 23, Akshat Verma April 23, Normally, it should work. Honggo April 24, Akshat Verma April 24, Did you connect the 6-pin PCIe connector to the card? What is your old GPU? I mean uninstall the radeon graphics driver. Are you still getting beeps?

Honggo April 26, Akshat Verma April 26, What PSU do you have? Please specify the brand and model. Stefan April 25, It will pick up the display driver, and install it on the machine.

This indicates that Windows has installed the new driver for the Nvidia graphics card, and will use it from that moment on. If you just need the graphics card driver, then this is one option to ensure that only it gets installed. While you can run the Nvidia installer, uncheck all options, and clean up the system afterwards for pretty much the same effect, it is probably easier and faster to do it this way instead.

Same here. Rename the. Launch setup and install only the driver and PhysiX with a clean installation 3. Force unlock and delete it with IObit Unlocker 5. Eat instant noodles with mushroom flavor and watch Boku no Hero Academia. Thanks Martin. Unfortunately it still install the Vulkan RT components.

Seams it runs the VulkanRT-Installer. Hope there is a way to prevent this. I continue to install the graphics driver only, moreover after having uninstalled the current driver. Means I uninstall the driver, have a low-res screen, open Device manager and update … the sequence bothers little old me :. I do this in a similar but different way, since I need the control panel and a couple other drivers. Unzip the entire archive into a folder. Once you enter the folder you can now delete unneeded subfolders.

After you remove the other stuff and have just the above left, you can double click the setup. It also includes the Nvidia Control Panel.

I also just noticed it installed Vulkan Run Time Libraries as well, which seems to be baked into the display driver completely. I was getting this error. We became in to state when guide is needed to install graphic driver, what a mess. Thanks ghacks for even to put spotlight on this issue as I am returning AMD graphic card owner. Works perfect! No other bloated crap included, very good! As mentioned in your secondary link Martin, the telemetry annoyances only manifest themselves in post v Did not use DDU!

Just updated the nVidia-driver in the Device-Manager , by pointing to the extracted Display-Driver folder…….. Pete, did you uninstall current drivers before installing new clean install or did you simply overwrite? Perhaps because more than the simple Display-Driver that of the folder is concerned, at least when updating with the work-around for the first time. Next updates would be less concerned as I see it.

Maybe you are right, but just updating the driver, without uninstalling it first, did not gave me any headache! Always uninstall drivers thru win programs first. Dont use D. In the current Also in that sub-dir is NVNetwork Service application. Can anyone explain why a video driver, even one which manages multiple connected-to-the-PC monitors, needs a mandatory network service? It seems to be part of GeForce Experience.

It did cause quite some issues however for some users. Good to know. For what? I have a motherboard, which shuts down the internat graphic card, when a new graphic card is being pluged. But how can I install the driver, when it is recommended, that the graphic card has to be plugged in and it is not possible to install the driver just like that without the graphic card to be plugged in?

Why do you take responsibility from the user? To do a truly minimal Nvidia driver install and do it completely manually, extract the Nvidia driver file with whatever file decompression you like I used 7zip. Open the resulting folder, and delete everything except these folders and files: Display. Up until version Since version Now you must open setup. I realize this is an old post, but hopefully still being monitored.

What three lines do you delete Triplehammer? They are not showing up in your post. Mental that more than 2 years later this is still saving my ass. Nvidia need to sort out their optimisation.

Fixed the issue. This is a screwed up issue, I was going to upgrade my card. I am just going to go to AMD card. Nothing would be worse then new Nvidia card and being stuck with this old It is possible to do it later. Since the nV packages are now only international, I go to the Windows and Program Files folder and delete all duplicate help files and resource DLL files, ending with letter R. Maybe it has changed since, but the Control Panel installer is called from inside the INF and it includes the international bloat.

This method might allow a successful installation in case the installer encounters an error condition. And use that on subsequent installations. I had a very similar issue that i just resolved.

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It has since then become one of the most popular tech news sites on the Internet with five authors and regular contributions from freelance writers. Search for:. Install only the driver for Nvidia graphics cards. The guide walks you through the steps of installing only the display driver for Nvidia graphics cards on Windows without using the Nvidia driver installer.