I want to upgrade my computer's graphics

[nci.babazade]

Hello. I am using computer with these specifications:
Motherboard: Asus P5QPL-AM
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.93 Ghz
Memory: 2 GB 667 Mhz DDR2
GPU: Intel G41
I want to buy a graphics card (cheap one) to upgrade graphic performance of my computer a little.

 

[zyh1987]

My frd,

Gt1030 is probably the most you would like to spend on it brand new, I would say anything higher, I would just recommend you to upgrade to a ryzen 2200g with a320 motherboard and 8 gb ddr4 ram.

 

[zyh1987]

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/TmCRsZ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/TmCRsZ/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($94.59 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI - B350M GAMING PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: ADATA - XPG GAMMIX D10 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $224.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-03 13:21 EDT-0400

If you live in the US, 225 plus tax can get you a much better system.

 

[Tony_186]

I would go for the 750ti.
It isn't the newest GPU but seeing your system it will do just fine and in the future upgrade everything else too

 

[echofightr]

What is considered cheap to you? How much are you looking at spending? you can get some decent cards right now that are 4gb or less for less then 150 dollars. I would also look at ebay there can be some good deals there with the older cards really cheap.

 

[King_V]

Another reason to consider a newer system is that the 2GB of RAM is EXTREMELY limiting. Getting new DDR2 RAM to add to it will be unreasonably expensive - getting used DDR2 may or may not be worth it.

But, again, it depends on your budget, and what games you're looking to play, or what sort of software you're using that you want a performance increase on.

 

[uppercut4u]

Yeah, do you have a budget? You may want to consider upgrading system AND adding a graphics card

 

[nci.babazade]

I would go for the 750ti.
It isn't the newest GPU but seeing your system it will do just fine and in the future upgrade everything else too

I found 750ti from Ebay for 100$ and yes, it's good. Can my system run it?

And thank you for answering.

 

[nci.babazade]

My frd,

Gt1030 is probably the most you would like to spend on it brand new, I would say anything higher, I would just recommend you to upgrade to a ryzen 2200g with a320 motherboard and 8 gb ddr4 ram.

I found it on Ebay, for 160$. But Gt1030 exceeds my budget. Maybe i should wait 1-2 months and buy it? Does it make a big difference from 750ti and will my system run it?

Thank you for answering.

 

[nci.babazade]

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/TmCRsZ
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/TmCRsZ/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 2200G 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($94.59 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI - B350M GAMING PRO Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: ADATA - XPG GAMMIX D10 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $224.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-03 13:21 EDT-0400

If you live in the US, 225 plus tax can get you a much better system.

Thank you very much, but my budget is limited.

 

[nci.babazade]

What is considered cheap to you? How much are you looking at spending? you can get some decent cards right now that are 4gb or less for less then 150 dollars. I would also look at ebay there can be some good deals there with the older cards really cheap.

My budget is 100-120$. I searched on Ebay and found some cards. But i don't know will it increase computer's performance or will my system run it?

For example, i found GTX1060 DDR5 3GB for 80$. But i don't know will my system run it?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/GTX1060-DDR5-3GB-Gaming-Low-Profile-Graphics-Video-Card-HDMI-For-NVIDIA-GeForce/312109663187?hash=item48ab2f83d3:g:tfgAAOSwyNFa0CYb

Thank you for answering.

 

[nci.babazade]

Another reason to consider a newer system is that the 2GB of RAM is EXTREMELY limiting. Getting new DDR2 RAN ti add to it will be unreasonably expensive - getting used DDR2 may or may not be worth it.

But, again, it depends on your budget, and what games you're looking to play, or what sort of software you're using that you want a performance increase on.

At first RAM was 1GB, then i upgraded it to 2 GB, bought used motherboard Asus P5QPL-AM (earlier was Asrock with Intel G31). All of this took from me 40$. Now i can use Windows 7, but 3D performance is bad as it was. I want to increase performance on 3D modelling programs. Like blender. When i start modelling, everything is great, but when it goes complex, everything is bad. Also it renders little animation for hours. And my budget for card is ~100$

Thank you very much for answering.

 

[nci.babazade]

Yeah, do you have a budget? You may want to consider upgrading system AND adding a graphics card

At first RAM was 1GB, then i upgraded it to 2 GB, bought used motherboard Asus P5QPL-AM (earlier was Asrock with Intel G31). All of this took from me 40$. Now i can use Windows 7, but 3D performance is bad as it was. I want to increase performance on 3D modelling programs. Like blender. When i start modelling, everything is great, but when it goes complex, everything is bad. Also it renders little animation for hours. And my budget for card is ~100$

Thank you for answering.

 

[echofightr]

What is considered cheap to you? How much are you looking at spending? you can get some decent cards right now that are 4gb or less for less then 150 dollars. I would also look at ebay there can be some good deals there with the older cards really cheap.

My budget is 100-120$. I searched on Ebay and found some cards. But i don't know will it increase computer's performance or will my system run it?

For example, i found GTX1060 DDR5 3GB for 80$. But i don't know will my system run it?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/GTX1060-DDR5-3GB-Gaming-Low-Profile-Graphics-Video-Card-HDMI-For-NVIDIA-GeForce/312109663187?hash=item48ab2f83d3:g:tfgAAOSwyNFa0CYb

Thank you for answering.

Your computer should run newer cards fine as long as you have the power supply connections (They may not preform as good as advertised due to limitations of your PCI-express) I had an old system was running a newer card just fine.
For example the newer cards are PCIe 3.0 and 3.1. Your computer most likely is PCIe 2.0. The cards are backwards compatibility like usb flash drives.