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Title: Computer help Faulty graphics card please Post by: Dewi_cool on March 21, 2012, 02:42:03 PM Hi looking for some help, my nvidia 8600 gs card is faulty, looks pretty easy to swop over, I need to know can I just buy any old graphics card such as this
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/pny-nvidia-geforce-210-pci-e-graphics-card-03758033-pdt.html?intcmpid=display~RR~Computing~03758033 or do I need to take anything else in to account such as os? before you ask I have switched it on and off ;D tx Title: Re: Computer help Faulty graphics card please Post by: Machka on March 21, 2012, 02:53:13 PM Hi looking for some help, my nvidia 8600 gs card is faulty, looks pretty easy to swop over, I need to know can I just buy any old graphics card such as this http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/pny-nvidia-geforce-210-pci-e-graphics-card-03758033-pdt.html?intcmpid=display~RR~Computing~03758033 or do I need to take anything else in to account such as op? before you ask I have switched it on and off ;D tx I see where you went wrong, you're supposed to switch it off and on. Title: Re: Computer help Faulty graphics card please Post by: Graham C on March 21, 2012, 02:55:13 PM If you're just using it for general use and not high end gaming, then pretty much any pci-e card will do, just turn the computer off again (if it's on, I can't keep up with where were at :D ) unplug the old card from the PSU connector, take out from the motherboard, put the new card in and connect the psu cable. Close the case and turn on.
Title: Re: Computer help Faulty graphics card please Post by: Machka on March 21, 2012, 02:58:48 PM Yes, it's as simple as that.
The graphics card you are suggesting to replace it with is a slightly lower spec than the faulty one but it shouldn't make too much, if any noticable, differece. Faulty: http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=GeForce+8600+GS Replacement: http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=GeForce+210 Title: Re: Computer help Faulty graphics card please Post by: Dewi_cool on March 21, 2012, 03:05:00 PM ok thanks, only need it for 2 monitors so should be good.
Title: Re: Computer help Faulty graphics card please Post by: permanentquandary on March 22, 2012, 02:05:49 AM What do you use it for? Browsing, minor things like that? Do you have PCI Express on your motherboard or just PCI?
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