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Video Card Upgrade-HP Pavilion Elite e9290f

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Hello all!

As stated above I have an HP Pavilion Elite e9290f, with a Nvidia Ge-force GTX 260 video card. I am an avid World of Warcraft Player and I am only able to play WoW on "good" graphics settings. I'm wanting to upgrade my video card to boost my WoW experience, but I don't want to tackle upgrading my power supply or any other components. I was in hopes that someone on here could recommend a compatible Nvidia graphics card that is not only an upgrade from my GTX 260, but also would work within my system without needing other upgrades.

Note: I'm specifically looking for a Nvidia card as opposed to a AMD Radeon due to personal preference and my having Nvidia Geforce Experience Software installed on my system I'd like to use.

Thank you in advance for any help that can be offered.
 
Could you post information about your PC like your Motherboard, currrent PSU and how much money you want to spend.

That being said I'm almost 100% sure a GTX 760 uses as much or less power than your GTX 260 and it much better.
 
Thanks for the timely response!
First, to answer your previous questions...

My motherboard is a Pegatron IP MTB-TK (Truckee), or at least that's all the info I could find on it.

Also my PSU is a Delta Electronics DPS460DB-1a Rev 03F. Max power is listed as 460w.

So after looking at your links, it says that the minimum power requirement for my current card and the 760 as 500w.

In light of this new information...is the 760 the best option for me? Also, how is my OEM gtx 260 working in my system if its min requirement is 500w and my max is 460w?

Again, thanks in advance!
 

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