Wanting a graphics card update?

**Adobe** · 17-07-16, 11:20 PM

What would you recommend for an aging socket 775 P35 based motherboard running xeon x5460 running at 4Ghz

Running Ssd HDD, 8Gb ram and windows 7

Current graphics card is a old Nvidia Georce 8400gs 1Gb

Adobe.

**Tiny** · 18-07-16, 10:54 AM

What's wrong with the job that the old card is doing?

What purpose/quality are you expecting from a new card??
Video editing, gaming, regular hard & fast work or just occasional?
What's your budget?

According to the following gaming site, it's a pretty low budget card capable of running games in the slowest settings, so any upgrade in the would be good as long as your budget & hardware can use it's benefits.
EG: does your monitor support HDMI, what resolution is it capable of, etc.
The price range in very big.

**lsemmens** · 18-07-16, 02:49 PM

I'm with Tiny, What are you hoping to achieve? A new card isn't going to turn a slug into a Ferrari, no matter what you put into it. A system is only as strong as its weakest link. Even a V8 engine in front of an old transmission (from a 4cyl) is not going to perform as well unless the tranny is also "improved", then you need to upgrade brakes, suspension..etc. Computers are no different.

**Adobe** · 18-07-16, 04:11 PM

The old card has a noisy fan on it these days so driving me nuts. current monitor is a HP w2408h

Resolution: 1,920x1,200
Pixel-response rate: 5ms
Contrast ratio: 1,000:1, 3,000:1 (Dynamic)
Brightness: 400cd/m2
Connectivity: HDMI, VGA
HDCP compliant? Yes
Included video cables? HDMI, VGA

Have not gamed in years but do do a little video editing in Adobe Premier CS. Maybe i should start gaming again might enjoy time away from life lol

Adobe.

**Philquad** · 18-07-16, 06:21 PM

get a 880gt off fleabay
$70

**Tiny** · 18-07-16, 07:00 PM

Tried cleaning the fan? Just kidding, it's probably past it's use-by date.

So you need to decide how much gaming power you need & what you can afford?

I thoroughly recommend EVGA GPU's as they are always onto driver updates before you even know you might need them, like when I upgraded to W8.1 then W10, they had already listed the new driver. Too easy.

Pick one that suits your budget then search the suppliers for best price & availability;

**lsemmens** · 18-07-16, 07:53 PM

Actually, Tiny, you may not be too far of the mark, I've had improvement just by cleaning fans. Last one was cpu fan in my lappy, not only did cleaning reduce CPU temp which was to be expected, and what I hoped, but the unintended consequence was that it ran quieter, too.