[SOLVED] Which graphics card is best for me?

[keba7r]

ASUS Desktop M11BB
Processor AMD® FM2 Processor - AMD A8-6500 APU with Radeon HD Graphics 3.50 GHz
RAM 8.00 GB
Chipset AMD A55 FCH
Graphics card "AMD Radeon HD 8570D" graphics card has 768 MB of graphics card memory.
Power supply: HBA008-ZA1GT 350 (HBA00813271827804D)
OS: Windows 10 Home version 1909 build 18363.720

 

[CountMike]

ASUS Desktop M11BB
Processor AMD® FM2 Processor - AMD A8-6500 APU with Radeon HD Graphics 3.50 GHz
RAM 8.00 GB
Chipset AMD A55 FCH
Graphics card "AMD Radeon HD 8570D" graphics card has 768 MB of graphics card memory.
Power supply: HBA008-ZA1GT 350 (HBA00813271827804D)
OS: Windows 10 Home version 1909 build 18363.720

Something in order of GT 1050 or Rx 460/560, anything stronger would be waste of money.

 

[keba7r]

Thanks for the quick response. Looking at install video...I have no 6pin connectors on my power supply...and note that your specs indicate 16 GB DDR4...should I expect a new power supply and additional memory?

 

[King_V]

What is the resolution and refresh rate of your monitor? Depending on this, there might be some used, low-end GPUs that would work. I'm not sure if your motherboard would necessarily play nice with modern GPUs that want a UEFI rather than a legacy BIOS.

That said, your CPU is somewhat dated, so you'll get improvements with a better GPU, but only to a point.

Also, it appears this is your power supply:

That's only 216 watts on the 12V rail - so, not even realistically close to the 350W it claims to be (large amounts of power on the 3.3V and 5V rails aren't needed these days). Further, AcBel is on the Wall Of Shame (see the first link in my sig).

It's surprising that this PSU is still running - that said, do not add or change anything in your system until the PSU is replaced. That same first link in my sig makes recommendations on good vs bad.

The good thing doing these particular updates is that a new GPU and a new Power Supply can both be carried over to a newer system when you upgrade to a modern platform.


Is your PC a normal tower case, or a desktop/low-profile/slim case?