-- Posted by what the mong at 10:19 am on April 7, 2008 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 -- Posted by i who have nothing at 10:20 am on April 7, 2008 if you have a PCI express slot, yeah. -- Posted by 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. -- Posted by what the mong at 10:25 am 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? -- Posted by Darkane at 10:31 am 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. -- Posted by Duffasaurus at 10:41 am on April 7, 2008 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. -- Posted by obvious child at 11:33 am on April 7, 2008 hit F2 during startup for bios. Then in the graphics section select PCI-E. Do this after installing the new video card. -- Posted by Dickij03 at 2:09 pm on April 7, 2008 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.