I have an HP Pavilion a6720y http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9249495&st=a6720y&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1218068107386, with a second tb hard drive installed. I'm currently running the Windows 7 RC on it. I play World of Warcraft exclusively, for now.
It comes with a vga and dvi onboard, but due to... something..., I can't plug anything into the dvi port. So, I'm taking that as a sign that I need a new video card. I happily took off to bestbuy.com and started looking at the video cards. That's when I noticed a little thing called wattage on the PSU. Of which, I only have 300... on a brand new machine.. grr.
So.
I'm looking at two cards. An NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9182859&type=product&id=1218049410617 and or a XFX - ATI RADEON HD 4350http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9270969&type=product&id=1218072892035
The Nvidia would require me to replace my psu. Of which, I'm look at replacing it with http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9175698&type=product&id=1218045946501.
Since it already has a Geforce 9100, one person I talked to was afraid there could be IRQ resource conflicts with my onboard.
I'm not married to any of these, if someone thinks a different card/psu would work better. My only constraint is that everything must come from Best Buy. I'd love to support Newegg, but they don't take BB credit cards. 😉
Thank you, everyone, for reading this, and any help you may be able to give!
It comes with a vga and dvi onboard, but due to... something..., I can't plug anything into the dvi port. So, I'm taking that as a sign that I need a new video card. I happily took off to bestbuy.com and started looking at the video cards. That's when I noticed a little thing called wattage on the PSU. Of which, I only have 300... on a brand new machine.. grr.
So.
I'm looking at two cards. An NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9182859&type=product&id=1218049410617 and or a XFX - ATI RADEON HD 4350http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9270969&type=product&id=1218072892035
The Nvidia would require me to replace my psu. Of which, I'm look at replacing it with http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9175698&type=product&id=1218045946501.
Since it already has a Geforce 9100, one person I talked to was afraid there could be IRQ resource conflicts with my onboard.
I'm not married to any of these, if someone thinks a different card/psu would work better. My only constraint is that everything must come from Best Buy. I'd love to support Newegg, but they don't take BB credit cards. 😉
Thank you, everyone, for reading this, and any help you may be able to give!