graphics card upgrade

Forum discussion tagged with graphics card upgrade.
  1. tkobylecky

    [SOLVED] HELP- Display Signal shuts off when I install GTX 1050ti to my HP Elite SFF 8200 PC ?

    I have a hp elite sff 8200 with 16gb ram and 1tb ssd running windows 10. I tried to install the gtx 1050ti. But every time I boot up with the 1050ti installed and hooked up to my monitor, I get no video signal at all. Also if I plug in the card while the pc is running, it immediately shuts off...
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    [SOLVED] Upgrade from AMD Readeon R7 200 Series

    I want to upgrade my graphics card. Looking to spend around £200 to £300 The aim is to increase FPS for Fortnite as high as possible within the limits of my existing system and budget. Existing card: Card name: AMD Radeon R7 200 Series My PC System: Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4790 CPU...
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    [SOLVED] Advice on upgrading graphics card from Nvidia GTX 680 to Nvidia RTX 2070 Super

    Hello, looking for your expert knowledge and advice on upgrading my graphics card please. The current setup has served me very well for years. But it's time to upgrade. Benchmark tests show that the bottleneck is the graphics card. My hope is to upgrade the graphics card to get me through...
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    [SOLVED] Should I pair AMD FX 6100 with GTX 1650 ? If not, then which graphics card would be the best to go for ?

    I know my CPU is old and slower than its older counterparts. But the cost of upgrading a CPU and Motherboard seems to outweigh the cost of graphics card. (Correct me if I am mistaken) As of now, I have no graphics card.
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    [SOLVED] Suggested upgrade path for GPU in video editing machine

    I am a video editor and work with many high-quality motion graphics. I have a pc that I built a while back and just upgraded to a Ryzen 7 3800x and 32gb of DDR4 3200. I currently have a Gigabyte 1050 ti. I would like to get into custom water-cooling loops but I feel it's more important to get my...
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    [SOLVED] CPU upgrade or do i need to re-build?

    Hey! So this is my rig! I was wondering if there is anything i can improve on without getting a new motherboard. More ram? Better Intel CPU? Dual Graphics cards? Or do you think that this point because my motherboard is old and im not getting the most out of my SSD etc that its worth a...
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    [SOLVED] Dell Dimension 5150 Graphics Card Upgrade

    So, before you say, "why are you upgrading such an old system? Just buy a new PC." I already have a main PC that is fantastic. However, this is just a project build that I don't have very high expectations. This PC was handed to me by an old co-worker who was moving and I wanted to make it a...
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    [SOLVED] CPU Swap - Screen not getting signal.

    I have just swapped out my i5 6500 for an i7 7700. However, when turning the PC back on everything seems to start up as normal, except that the screen doesn’t ever display anything/doesn’t seem to get a signal. I’ve removed the graphics card and tried booting off of the motherboard display...
  9. J

    How does freesync work?

    I know that freesync makes the monitors refresh rate the same as the GPU's and it stops screen tearing but doesn't screen tearing happen when the GPU does more than the monitor can handle. How does it being able to change refresh rate affect screen tearing?
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    temps value max

    When you are reading the CPUs temperature which one is the indicator of its temperature the vale one or the maxwhich one one should you read the value or the max one
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    SD card to play mp3 in Japan car audio

    I have a japan car audio player in my car, model is NHDT W55. I can't play an sd card in its sd card slot. Please help me with this problem if any of you know. Thanks a lot.
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    Update BIOS without CPU

    Hi, I have Z170 Maximus VIII Ranger and i7-7700K I need to update the BIOS for the CPU to work is there any way to update the BIOS without installing CPU in the motherboard ???
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    HDD faulty - replacement?

    I ran a test on my laptop using UBCD, as Windows 10 was stuck on the 'Automatic Repair Tool' and it confirmed that the HDD was infact dead. I have a few concerns about buying a new HDD, incase it doesn't work: ■ The laptop was able to boot the DOS interface from a USB to run diagnostics...
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    Possible PSU Problem? Computer won't wake up when in Hibernate mode.

    I have the following Problem: Recently, my computer will go into hibernate mode and has to be forced off and turned back on. I went into the bios and disabled wake up with keyboard and Mouse. Nothing changed. I5-4570-CPU GA-Z87X-D3H- Motherboard Crucial M500 SSD OS WD black 1TB HDD-Storage...
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    power supply to graphics card?

    So i just bought off my friend his old graphics card because he got a new one for christmas and he didnt have the cord that goes from the psu to power the card but i have a cord that came with my psu that has 8 pin but its split 2 and 6 can i use that to power my card?