Need A New Graphics Card

I play games a good bit on my PC (HP Pavilion Dv4). I was just wondering, what would be a good graphics card for my computer. I wanted something Nvidia, but I don't know what kind to get. Any suggestions?

um first what is your psu? and please fill out your system specs..... also why nvida? ATI gives best bang for buck

thepizzaman said:

um first what is your psu? and please fill out your system specs..... also why nvida? ATI gives best bang for buck

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Not sure what the psu is.

Intel Core 2 Duo
4 GB RAM
64-bit

first of all, if you got a good budget, i would get the Nvidia 275 - 295, depending on your budget.
£150 to £200 for gtx 275
£250 for the gtx 280
£250 to £300 for the 285
£250 to £300 for the 295


this is an english shipping company.
if you live in america, please tell me.


Dom


EDIT: yes listen to pizzaman. only if you have 500watt or more psu you will be able to run these cards.

wait, do you have laptop or desktop?
just checking cuz i made a mistake of finding a graphics card for my LAPTOP.
laptop gpu's can't be changed, but desktops can.

just making sure...

Dom

lil domii said:

wait, do you have laptop or desktop?
just checking cuz i made a mistake of finding a graphics card for my LAPTOP.
laptop gpu's can't be changed, but desktops can.

just making sure...

Dom

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I have a laptop, and yes, I live in america

sorry mate you can't change the graphics on a laptop, there is no room and your motherboard will not have the correct socket - - PCI Express x16 slot is only on desktop motherboards.

sorry to let you down,



Dom

and don't worry i made the same mistake in earlier months!!
as pizzaman will know....
lol

Dom

lil domii said:

and don't worry i made the same mistake in earlier months!!
as pizzaman will know....
lol

Dom

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So there is no graphic card I can get for my computer?

lil domii said:

sorry mate you can't change the graphics on a laptop, there is no room and your motherboard will not have the correct socket - - PCI Express x16 slot is only on desktop motherboards.

sorry to let you down,



Dom

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someone might put my quote into simple terms...

laptop graphics cannot be changed. there is no slot on the motherboard that supports any of the good cards out there. you probably have integrated graphics.
still you can build your own look at this website.

Build A Pc For Under $650

lil domii said:

lil domii said:

sorry mate you can't change the graphics on a laptop, there is no room and your motherboard will not have the correct socket - - PCI Express x16 slot is only on desktop motherboards.

sorry to let you down,



Dom

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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
someone might put my quote into simple terms...

laptop graphics cannot be changed. there is no slot on the motherboard that supports any of the good cards out there. you probably have integrated graphics.
still you can build your own look at this website.

Build A Pc For Under $650

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I found this page and it has a NVIDIA GeForce Graphics Driver. I don't really know what that means, but it's there lol

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=2100&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us〈=en&product=3795289

the geforce graphics are built into the motherboard. you also have integrated graphics.
i am sorry but you still cannot change the gpu.

lil domii said:

the geforce graphics are built into the motherboard. you also have integrated graphics.
i am sorry but you still cannot change the gpu.

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Ok, thanx for your help

hey, anytime.
we are here to help.

Dom

ah yes sorry lil domi is right.... but as he said it is easy to build a cheap pc that is a good graphics performer

Is there anyway to improve graphics without a graphic card?

um how much ram you have? other than that... no there isn't

thepizzaman said:

um how much ram you have? other than that... no there isn't

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4 GB. Would Windows 7 do any better?

Defrag your pc too. Use glary utilties to clean up any junk and auslogics disk defrag for the hard drive.

Frostmourne said:

Defrag your pc too. Use glary utilties to clean up any junk and auslogics disk defrag for the hard drive.

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I use Registry Mechanic. Would that help?