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Data dam broke. Help
Thank you everyone. All little points worth remembering.
Bout the only game the wife plays is 8 year old 'Sims', so she doesn't need anything powerful. Nor, is she getting anything powerful. I ordered an Asus Radeon HD6450. 2012 era card, $50. *new*
Data levels holding strong. Slaying all those PUPs took care of the problem. Marking this thread as 'resolved'.
GabeU wrote:
bos2420 wrote:It is an older Desktop (2012) HP P-7 1387 with an I-5 processor, running Win 7
I have already ordered a descreet video card, thinking the problem was there.
Make sure the desktop has an adequate power supply for the addition of a discrete video card. Name brand, premanufactured desktops don't tend to install PSU's that give a lot of expansion possibilities, and video cards can be one of the most power hungry add ons.
It'll probably be fine, but it would be a good idea to make sure. Being that there are so many PSU size calculators, I won't list any here. If you search on Google for "PSU size calculator" you can find quite a few. Again, what desktop already has may very well be enough, but you always want to make sure.
BTW, if the following is what you have, you'll probably be fine, as it says it's got a 600W PSU. https://support.hp.com/hr-en/document/c03532948
Plus newer video cards require cleaner DC power than older computer PSU's supply.
BirdDog wrote:Plus newer video cards require cleaner DC power than older computer PSU's supply.
No doubt. They're definitely getting more finicky as time goes on. If I put one of the newest ones in my present setup it would probably flash a message on the screen that says, "Yeah, right!" :p
Thank you everyone. All little points worth remembering.
Bout the only game the wife plays is 8 year old 'Sims', so she doesn't need anything powerful. Nor, is she getting anything powerful. I ordered an Asus Radeon HD6450. 2012 era card, $50. *new*
Data levels holding strong. Slaying all those PUPs took care of the problem. Marking this thread as 'resolved'.
