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Question

trouble finding graphics card for hp desktop

Feb 11, 2015 4:49AM PST

I am wanting the best graphics card possible for my system. Here are my specs. Please advise:

Hp pavilion model h8-1214
AMD FX-6100 Six-Core 3.30ghz
10gb ram


I recently tried upgrading to an EVGA 750ti ftw and it was not compatable.

Please advise what video card would work with my system.

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I think it was meant as version 1, but...
Feb 12, 2015 1:25PM PST

that should be ok. I believe the card itself is version 3 but should be backward compatible.

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Correction,
Feb 12, 2015 2:02PM PST

I am all wet, the the x16 slot is version 2, which make my post meaning less, hehe.

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I have the 750ti
Feb 13, 2015 7:31AM PST

on two different computers and the only time it failed was when
number1- I was using a Linux distro and the correct drivers weren't available
and
number 2 - I didn't install the drivers from the disc supplied while using a flavor of Windows

Both computers are modern that I had help building here at Cnet and UEFI didn't have any affect on the GPU

I just had to tell the Bios which GPU to use

Digger

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Might check this out.....just stumbled on this
Feb 14, 2015 11:34AM PST

Pros:

Fast card with low power (around 85 watts max consumption) it says it requires 400 W PS but if your rig does not have a lot of accessories and you have a 300 W PS you'll should be ok. (although, as they say, your mileage may vary)

Cons:

IMPORTANT- If you have a HP or other PC with an BIOS older than 3 years old this card WILL work but ONLY if you do the following: there is an UNDOCUMENTED SWITCH on the upper left hand side (closest to the ports) numbered 1-2 the default setting is 2 to work with UEFI compatible BIOS. If you switch this to 1 it WILL WORK with in Legacy BIOS mode! Of course it will be slightly slower but not much.
Other Thoughts:

I have no idea why this is not mention in any of the docs but I found it on the web and it saved me sending this awesome card back! Seems a lot of people are running into this and sending back cards that are fine. MSI needs to add this to their docs.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/SingleProductReview.aspx?reviewid=4076799

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