[SOLVED] Upgrading my Radeon R7

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Hello,I would be SO GRATEFUL for your help! long story short I have ended up with an AMD Hp Pavilion (HP Pavilion Desktop 590-p0xxx)

It has a PRETTY undesireable integrated graphics card (AMD Radeon R7 Graphics 512MB dedicated video memory).

I understand since it is integrated it is a bit tricky (if not impossible) I am new to this and was hoping someone could suggest affordable upgrades that would work for my PC. I would like atleast 1gb of video memory. My goal is to run Total War: Three Kingdoms (even if its all on low) when it comes out.

(Other specs):
Card name: AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Chip type: AMD Radeon Graphics Processor (0x9874)
Processor: AMD A10-9700 RADEON R7, 10 COMPUTE CORES 4C+6G (4 CPUs), ~3.5GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 7596MB RAM

 
Solution
If you were able to replace the power supply with a decent-enough 450W or higher model that has PCIe power cables, it might be worth going with a Radeon RX 570. It's generally a better option than the GTX 1050 or 1050 Ti at this point, unless you are more power-constrained than that or the case is especially small, since the RX 570 offers significantly more performance for about the same price, at least in the US. In scenarios where it's not limited by CPU performance, the RX 570 can be around 50% faster than a 1050 Ti, or around 75% faster than a 1050.

Now, that A10-9700 CPU isn't exactly a particularly fast model, and will undoubtedly hold back your maximum frame rates in many games. However, a 570 would still let you turn up the...
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Hmm I had trouble finding mine as well. I am having trouble uploading a picture I take myself onto this forum. It does have a PCIE slot.

It look likes this: The two dark blue slots, Small and larger one (excuse the crude description).Note: this is NOT mine, just similar to what it looks like.

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The power supply is weak, 150W. I plan on upgrading to a 450W for a new GPU, the case is small but I would imagine it would fit. I appreciate the help fellas.
 

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I wouldn't go beyond a GTX 1050 3gb, maybe a 1050ti, with that CPU. Any more than that is going to be held back by that weak CPU. For PSU, if it will for sure fit, a Corsair CX450m would be a good budget choice. Do buy just any 450w unit. A bad quality one can die and take your system with it.
 
If you were able to replace the power supply with a decent-enough 450W or higher model that has PCIe power cables, it might be worth going with a Radeon RX 570. It's generally a better option than the GTX 1050 or 1050 Ti at this point, unless you are more power-constrained than that or the case is especially small, since the RX 570 offers significantly more performance for about the same price, at least in the US. In scenarios where it's not limited by CPU performance, the RX 570 can be around 50% faster than a 1050 Ti, or around 75% faster than a 1050.

Now, that A10-9700 CPU isn't exactly a particularly fast model, and will undoubtedly hold back your maximum frame rates in many games. However, a 570 would still let you turn up the graphics options higher in recent titles, and should handle 1080p or higher resolutions better, making it the better option in my opinion. It's also possible that you could benefit from a CPU upgrade, since I believe your motherboard should be AM4, meaning it can run faster processors based on the newer Ryzen architecture. I'm not sure how much you were considering spending on these upgrades though.

What kind of PSU does your system use? Is it a smaller SFF model? If so, those tend to cost more for a given wattage level, and a normal-size ATX PSU might not fit inside your case. It sounds like your system might be along the lines of this one, which does appear to use a small-form-factor power supply...
https://support.hp.com/ca-en/document/c05941145

If that were the situation, then it's possible that a PSU with less capacity (such as 300-350w) combined with a card that requires less power under load (like a 1050/1050 Ti) could potentially make some sense. As far as power use goes, a 1050 or 1050 Ti should only draw around 60-70 watts from the PSU under a typical gaming load, while the more-powerful RX 570 will tend to draw around 160-170 watts, which combined with the rest of the system would likely be too much for a 300-350 watt PSU to handle. I'm not sure what the inside of that case looks like though, or exactly how much room there might be for a graphics card.

 
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