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Graphics card compatibility
Replies: 7 — Last Post April 7, 2008 2:09pm by Dickij03
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is an EVGA nVidia Geforce 8600 GT 256 MB PCI Express
compatible with this HP A6300f computer?
 
Operating system
 Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium(1)
 
Processor
 Intel Pentium Dual-Core Desktop Processor E2180(2)
 
Memory
 2048MB
 
Memory speed
 PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM
 
Total memory slots
 2 DIMM
 
Maximum memory expansion
 Expandable to 4GB
 
Graphics
 NVIDIA GeForce 7100 with 128MB dedicated graphics memory.
 
TV and entertainment experience
 N/A
 
PCI expansion
 1 PCI (occupied) 2 PCI Express x1 (2 available) 1 PCI Express x16 (1 available)
 
Hard disk drive(s)
 500GB 7200RPM SATA [gigabyte is defined as 1,000,000,000 bytes, accessible capacity may vary]
 
Primary CD/DVD drive
 SuperMulti DVD Burner with LightScribe Technology
 
Secondary CD/DVD drive
 N/A
 
Communications
 Integrated 10/100BaseT network interface
 
Sound card
 High Definition Audio,
 
Speakers
 8 speaker configurable
 
System
 N/A
 
Front-side bus (processor dependent)
 800MHz Front Side Bus
 
Power supply
 N/A

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if you have a PCI express slot, yeah.
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Yep should do. You'll probably want to disable the onboard 7100, if it is an onboard gpu.

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Quote: from Darkane at 10:23 am on April 7, 2008
Yep should do. You'll probably want to disable the onboard 7100, if it is an onboard gpu.

how would i go about that?


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Quote: from what the mong at 6:25 pm on April 7, 2008
Quote: from Darkane at 10:23 am on April 7, 2008
Yep should do. You'll probably want to disable the onboard 7100, if it is an onboard gpu.

how would i go about that?

In Vista it's Control Panel > System > Hardware tab > Device Manager

From there you can locate the onboard 7100 graphics and disable it.

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Quote: from Darkane at 1:31 pm on April 7, 2008
Quote: from what the mong at 6:25 pm on April 7, 2008
Quote: from Darkane at 10:23 am on April 7, 2008
Yep should do. You'll probably want to disable the onboard 7100, if it is an onboard gpu.
 
 how would i go about that?  
 

In Vista it's Control Panel > System > Hardware tab > Device Manager

From there you can locate the onboard 7100 graphics and disable it.


...That's not correct. They're definately going to need to disable it in the bios or it's just gonna sit there eating system resources.

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hit F2 during startup for bios. Then in the graphics section select PCI-E. Do this after installing the new video card.

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Almost all modern pcs automatically disable the onboard when a dedicated card is detected during post.

Also your computer has everything it needs for the card to work.

One thing i must ask though is that you go inside your pc and write down the specs of your PSU

There is usualyl a sticker on them giving vital stats such as wattage and amps. Try and give us the Wattage and how many aps it has on the 12v rail.

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