Posted February 5, 2019 Can i upgrade my existing nvidia GTX 960 graphics card to something a little better its in a store brought HP Envy Phoenix Some of the Computer Specs CPU- Intel i7 6700 @3.4GHz Ram- 16GB Windows 10 2TB Hard Drive 128SSD GPU- Nvidia GTX 960 Card and Two 1920x1018 60Hz 27 inch monitors Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 5, 2019 what size PSU do you have? and is it a regular size tower? Rig 1: i7-9700k OC'd to 5.0ghz all core | EVGA XC RTX 2080Ti | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 4x8gb | ASUS PRIME Z370-P | Asetek 550LC 120mm | ADATA 480GB SSD & Toshiba P300 3TB | Cooler Master Masterbox MB500 | Win 10 Home | Logitech G910 Orion Spectrum, G502 Proteus Spectrum, G933 Artemis Spectrum Snow Wireless Limited Edition, Corsair MM300 Mouse Pad | 2 MSI Optix Curved 27" FHD Monitors (before i sold the WD drive and MSI gpu - https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/11946219 171 gaming. felt good.) Rig 2: i7-7700k Stock clocks | MSI Armor GTX 1070 | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 2x8GB | MSI Z270 A-Pro | WD Green 240GB SSD & 2TB Seagate HDD | Thermaltake Core G21 Tempered Glass Edition | Win 10 Home | 2 HP Omen FHD 144hz 24.5" Monitors Rig 3: i7-6700 | GT 730 & GT 645 OEM | Some random DDR4 2133mhz 2x8gb sticks | OEM Dell Mobo | WD Black 2TB HDD & Toshiba 1TB HDD | Win 10 Home | 3 27" Dell FHD Monitors Rig 4: i7-4770 | EVGA SSC 1050ti | Some random DDR3 ram 2x2gb and 2x4gb sticks | OEM Dell Mobo | Stock Cooler | 1TB WD Black HDD | Win 7 Home RIP Rig 5 (dead and dismantled and sold) : i7-7820X OC'd to 4.8ghz all core | MSI DUKE 1080ti | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 4x8gb | Gigabyte X299 UD4 PRO | Asetek 240mm AIO | WD Green 240gb SSD | Other various components that I can't remember Rig 6 (same fate as rig 5) : i7-8700k stock clocks | MSI DUKE 1080ti | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 2x8gb | MSI Z370 A-Pro | Asetek 550LC 120mm | WD Green 240GB SSD & Toshiba 2TB HDD | Other various components that I can't Remember Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 5, 2019 23 minutes ago, Monkey5283 said: -snip- If you don't know how to look up Power supply of your computer, can you post a link for your model? CPU i7 8700k MB Asrock Z370 Killer SLI/ac GPU EVGA GTX1060 6 GB RAM 16GB DDR4 Gskill Ripjaw 3200 Mhz PSU EVGA SuperNova 750 G1+Storage 1x1TB WD Blue + 250GB WD Blue M.2 CASE Fractal design define C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 5, 2019 Author 500 Watt PSU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 5, 2019 Author It’s also a mid size tower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 5, 2019 I think it's this one (https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c04867702) it has 500w and only 1 PCIE x16 slot. Not sure about the size being enough though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 5, 2019 If you are going to stick with 60Hz 1080P, a 2060 will be enough for you. Something like in the link below. The card is single fan card so, I think it will fit in your system. Although with rumors about 1160/1660 being launched on Feb 15th, you can also wait for a little bit. https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=06G-P4-2061-KR CPU i7 8700k MB Asrock Z370 Killer SLI/ac GPU EVGA GTX1060 6 GB RAM 16GB DDR4 Gskill Ripjaw 3200 Mhz PSU EVGA SuperNova 750 G1+Storage 1x1TB WD Blue + 250GB WD Blue M.2 CASE Fractal design define C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 5, 2019 Author Yes that is it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 5, 2019 Author 1 minute ago, Rex_G said: If you are going to stick with 60Hz 1080P, a 2060 will be enough for you. Something like in the link below. Although with rumors about 1160/1660 being launched on Feb 15th, you can also wait for a little bit. https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=06G-P4-2061-KR Well which one would be better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 5, 2019 4 minutes ago, Monkey5283 said: Well which one would be better? So the rumors say that 1160/1660 is a 2060 without RTX. I personally don't care much for RTX since it is a new technology and I think even if it catches on, next gen cards will be better for it (I might be completely wrong here, Nvidia might do some software trickery and RTX performance might get a huge boost). Although with current performance numbers of RTX, I wouldn't pay the extra premium for it. All this is speculation, we won't know until the card is launched and is benchmarked by tech community CPU i7 8700k MB Asrock Z370 Killer SLI/ac GPU EVGA GTX1060 6 GB RAM 16GB DDR4 Gskill Ripjaw 3200 Mhz PSU EVGA SuperNova 750 G1+Storage 1x1TB WD Blue + 250GB WD Blue M.2 CASE Fractal design define C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 5, 2019 Author 14 minutes ago, Rex_G said: So the rumors say that 1160/1660 is a 2060 without RTX. I personally don't care much for RTX since it is a new technology and I think even if it catches on, next gen cards will be better for it (I might be completely wrong here, Nvidia might do some software trickery and RTX performance might get a huge boost). Although with current performance numbers of RTX, I wouldn't pay the extra premium for it. All this is speculation, we won't know until the card is launched and is benchmarked by tech community This may seem redundant but what does RTX mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 5, 2019 37 minutes ago, Monkey5283 said: This may seem redundant but what does RTX mean RTX basically means cards with Ray tracing technology. This video explains it pretty well CPU i7 8700k MB Asrock Z370 Killer SLI/ac GPU EVGA GTX1060 6 GB RAM 16GB DDR4 Gskill Ripjaw 3200 Mhz PSU EVGA SuperNova 750 G1+Storage 1x1TB WD Blue + 250GB WD Blue M.2 CASE Fractal design define C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted February 6, 2019 Author Here are some pictures of my rig for anyone who was interested Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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