Best Graphics card

[tonyever]

I'm looking for a graphics card upgrade any recommendations would be great
INFOS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Home
Version 10.0.16299 Build 16299
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name DESKTOP-1OBGQVD
System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
System Model h8-1237c
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU QW806AA#ABA
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2320 CPU @ 3.00GHz, 3001 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date AMI 7.12, 10/12/2011
SMBIOS Version 2.6
Embedded Controller Version 255.255
BIOS Mode Legacy
BaseBoard Manufacturer PEGATRON CORPORATION
BaseBoard Model Not Available
BaseBoard Name Base Board
Platform Role Workstation
Secure Boot State Unsupported
PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.16299.248"
Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 10.0 GB
Total Physical Memory 9.98 GB
Available Physical Memory 7.65 GB
Total Virtual Memory 11.5 GB
Available Virtual Memory 8.56 GB
Page File Space 1.56 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Device Encryption Support Reasons for failed automatic device encryption: TPM is not usable, PCR7 binding is not supported, Hardware Security Test Interface failed and device is not InstantGo, Un-allowed DMA capable bus/device(s) detected, TPM is not usable
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware No
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes
300 PSU also looking to upgrade that
PLS And Thank you

 

[dontlistentome]

I saw a picture of that motherboard and it looks like it uses standard power connectors. The power supply itself looks like it's a standard power supply as well. That computer is from their workstation line, so that's probably why it's more upgrade friendly than HP's consumer line.

You have a Sandy Bridge i5, so I think anything up to a 1060 3gb would serve you well. You'll need a decent quality power supply with a 6 pin pci-ex connector for a 1060. What games are you hoping to play and at what resolution?

 

[tonyever]

Hello dontlistentome
I'm currently wanting to play sea of thieves and am playing World Of Warcraft on and off but the fps gets outta whack sometimes any recommendations for that

 

[jr9]

As this is an older HP machine there is no guarantee that any 700-1000 series card will work in that system due to motherboard BIOS limitations. I can't find any benchmarks or posts of someone getting a newer 1000 series card working on the h8-1237c. Even if you could get a GTX 1060 working your CPU would become your bottleneck. You also must buy a new PSU as well and there's the possibility of a larger card not possibly fitting and airflow issues as the case wasn't designed to house a high powered graphics card.

I would just buy a new machine honestly. I would look for a prebuilt with a GTX 1050 Ti or GTX 1060 and save yourself the headache.