Looking to replace graphics card in HP Pavilion PC 570 Desktop
Posted: 2022 Feb 26, 05:59
I've posted this elsewhere but thought it couldn't hurt to try here also. I'm amused that physically installing a new card looks much easier that selecting one.
My HP Pavilion 570 Desktop that I bought in 2018 came with some sort of graphics card installed and recently the fan has occasionally started making grinding noises. I use the computer to connect to the Internet, word processing, and to run OLD games (prBoom). I’m not looking to turn the computer into a gaming computer, I just want to restore the computer back pretty much the way it was. I do like to think though, that after four years you I could upgrade the graphics just a little.
I hope to spend less than $200.
Two years ago I had temperature problems and installed a tall cooling tower fan over the CPU so I don’t think the card should be too big. After looking at graphics cards I think it would be nice if the new card was passively cooled and didn’t have a fan at all, though I don’t know if that causes other problems.
My investigation into what the computer currently has is the card is some sort variation of a NIVIDIA GeForce GT 730. It doesn’t look like the cards I see online and just looks like a circuit board with a flat little fan on top.
My local computer repair shop said they could sell me a GeForce GT 710 MSI NVIDIA. Is this even equivalent to what I have now since 710 < 730? I haven’t been overly impressed with what I’ve read about this card, but for all I know it’s better than what I have.
My HP Pavilion 570 Desktop that I bought in 2018 came with some sort of graphics card installed and recently the fan has occasionally started making grinding noises. I use the computer to connect to the Internet, word processing, and to run OLD games (prBoom). I’m not looking to turn the computer into a gaming computer, I just want to restore the computer back pretty much the way it was. I do like to think though, that after four years you I could upgrade the graphics just a little.
I hope to spend less than $200.
Two years ago I had temperature problems and installed a tall cooling tower fan over the CPU so I don’t think the card should be too big. After looking at graphics cards I think it would be nice if the new card was passively cooled and didn’t have a fan at all, though I don’t know if that causes other problems.
My investigation into what the computer currently has is the card is some sort variation of a NIVIDIA GeForce GT 730. It doesn’t look like the cards I see online and just looks like a circuit board with a flat little fan on top.
My local computer repair shop said they could sell me a GeForce GT 710 MSI NVIDIA. Is this even equivalent to what I have now since 710 < 730? I haven’t been overly impressed with what I’ve read about this card, but for all I know it’s better than what I have.