Gaming Pc onboard gpu upgrade

[Swagrid]

Hello there,

I am recommending a gaming pc for friend at a reasonable price. His budget is 450 - 500 (preferably not £500) here is the pc: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00KB0SS7G?keywords=gaming%20pc%20intel&qid=1444047453&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1

If I was to get this one how would I go about upgrading the GPU? Would I just put it in and it would use that GPU? How would I disable to the onboard GPU?

And I have a windows OS so it does not need to be included in the price.
Thanks.

 

[ChumP]

You can go for a GTX 970 , this card will run smoothly any game at 1080p/1440p.

When you're getting the GPU, just insert it in the PCIe x16 slot (connect the power cables required from your GPU) , you need to introduce the cable that comes from your monitor and that's pretty much it.

 

[Cons29]

he's coming from a built-in gpu then into a 970? oh man, he's in for a treat. make sure you fire up a game with the built-in gpu, so you have a reference (in terms of graphics and speed), before installing the gpu, then fire up the same game

 

[ChumP]

he's coming from a built-in gpu then into a 970? oh man, he's in for a treat. make sure you fire up a game with the built-in gpu, so you have a reference (in terms of graphics and speed), before installing the gpu, then fire up the same game

I think he'll be extatic after the upgrade 😀 .

 

[Swagrid]

I know how to install one as I have built two of my own but I have never had to build on with a built in GPU, and I was wondering would that cause a problem?

 

[ChumP]

I know how to install one as I have built two of my own but I have never had to build on with a built in GPU, and I was wondering would that cause a problem?

No you will be fine, just plug your display cable in the GPU and that's pretty much it. After that install the new drivers.