Video Card less Then 6.25 Inches

[Garverick]

Ok i have a problem i wanna upgrade my video card but there is a small heat sink that would be in the way of using a video card less then 6.25inches

Trying to Upgrade so i can run Arma 2 on a higher setting and increase FPS.
My Current GPU is a Gefore GT430 and 300W PSU

Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium [64-bit]
AMD FX-6100 six-core processor [3.3GHz, 6MB L2/8MB L3 Cache]
8GB DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM [2 DIMMs]
1.5TB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive
I'm not sure what the Motherboard is but when i go under Device Manager under computer tab it say
ACPI X64 based pc which i know is 64bit windows. but the ACPI i dont know. i've tried looking it up but this was a custom computer made by HP for a replacement for me.

My Resoultion is 1600x900 cause i actually get 1 FPS more then 1280x720 on all setting on Arma 2

I Don't really care what brand of card as long as its better then this one and will fit in my case also if it helps i can upload a picture with the heatsink that blocks expansion to see if anyone knows what it is and if its necessary or not i really wanted to get a newer video card like GTX500 or even New AMD but i can not find small enough vid card that does fit in the case.

If more info is needed lemme know id reallly like to be able to upgrade my machine
Thanks in advance.

 

[Deemo13]

Unless you get a card with a heavily oversized heatsink, you should be fine.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102969

Something like this would fit nice.

 

[Garverick]

OK thanks everyone! one more question whats a good powersupply i look on tigger direct all the time but everyone that looks like a deal has negative reviews

 

[Deemo13]

If you get a new power supply you can run a bigger card. The 7750 will run on that HP.

A good power supply on Tiger is this one depending on the card you want to run.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=422168&CatId=5431

 

[Garverick]

OK awesome Gf will be happy to know i wont need to spend too much money upgrading my machine. XD now how do i close this thread select the best answer and it becomes solved

 

[nforce4max]

Should be as what everyone has been telling you, if I were and that heatsink was indeed to high and blocks longer cards I would have simply changed it out for a smaller cooler. If there were nothing around to be purchased that was already compatible I would have just grabbed an old 486 era cooler or some old cooler from off a old agp card and modded it to fit.

Beyond that there shouldn't be any problems and no need to be so stressed out over it if you were.

 

[Garverick]

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