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Well I have a good HP Business PC, I am wanting to play around with upgrading the current Graphics card which is a Radeon X1300 and put a (The best it can take for its current configuration) graphics card in it with nothing else touched, not the PSU, or CPU or anything. The current card is just not cutting it on Windows 10 as it lags incredibly in todays time which is expected. Im just doing this for fun and keep the machine running for a few more years at least as a guest PC. Current configuration is as follows: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ 2.2 GHz Radeon X1300/X1550 Series 256MB 6GB DDR2 PC2-5300 1 low profile PCI Express x1 1 low profile PCI Express x16 4GB of DDR2-SDRAM PC2-5300 (667MHz) non-ECC 300 Watt PSU And looking for a low profile one, ive researched on google and found that on the towers of the DC5750, some have bought the HD 3650 PCI-E 512MB DDR2 DVI/CRT/TVO or ATI Radeon HD 4550 1 GB GDDR2 PCI Express, too bad there not low profile though. @+jjkusaf Im looking for anything roughly under $75 or if its even cheaper (under $50 or even a sub-par $20-$30 card would work, that would be better, something sufficient enough to not go over the 300W range where I have read very small cases (and lucky) PC users using a GPU that requires a 350W PSU but they only using a 300W in my situation and somehow there not killing there PSU but it doesn't need to be the best in todays standards, just something enough to keep the PC moving for the next few years, something that will play at least Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 and maybe the older Call of Duty 4. And thank you for the speedy reply and your help! =) Edited April 25, 2016 by Sim31.
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@Astra.Xtreme Thank ya, I just recently put a SSD in it, usually I notice the difference right away when I have installed a SSD in other older machines but when I installed one in the HP 5750, I didnt notice much of a difference, I don't believe it would be the processor affecting it much, I think it has more to do with the current graphics card in it which with Windows 7, 8.1 and 10, I have to use a old ATI Vista Driver (Which is a pain to get it to work) or its stuck in 600x800 Resolution with choppy results with everything that is clicked on. Very horrendous until I get the Vista driver installed and working with force but still shows its effects 60% of the time. Im looking for anything roughly under $75 or if its even cheaper (under $50 or even a sub-par $20-$30 card would work, that would be better, something sufficient enough to not go over the 300W range where I have read very small cases (and lucky) PC users using a GPU that requires a 350W PSU but they only using a 300W in my situation and somehow there not killing there PSU but it doesn't need to be the best in todays standards, just something enough to keep the PC moving for the next few years, something that will play at least Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 and maybe the older Call of Duty 4. And thank you for the speedy reply and your help! =) ooof. Talk about trying to put a square peg into a round hole. I think the 6450 would suffice. But I think it requires a bit more PSU.
I'm going have to tap out on this one. I'll leave you this. Basically 10-75 dollar range.
Low profile cards. Find a couple of cards you like, check the PSU requirements and then maybe do a quick google and see some benchmarks. Talk about trying to put a square peg into a round hole. I think the 6450 would suffice. But I think it requires a bit more PSU. I'm going have to tap out on this one. I'll leave you this.
Basically 10-75 dollar range. Low profile cards. Find a couple of cards you like, check the PSU requirements and then maybe do a quick google and see some ben.chmarks. Lol, it sure doesnt leave any room really, if whichever card doesnt run the games, i guess there's no choice but to make do. But at least maybe I can get rid of the choppy slowness maybe:P, but ill check them out and thank you again for your help, ill report back when I purchase one and explain why and the results incase any other member runs into the same computer and wants to upgrade, anybody can feel free to reply. Update: Im looking through the list and Im considering the Visiontek Radeon 4350 512MB DDR2 but it doesnt seem as much of a upgrade, again if thats the only option then I'll go with it but since the memory and the video card currently is DDR2, would the motherboard be able to handle DDR3 of video cards or is it strictly just related to DDR2?
You are looking at a GPU that is too old for driver support. You really really really want a card from either NVIDIA or AMD that will run the latest drivers from NVIDIA or AMD and NOT the Microsoft drivers that default for older cards. This usually works out better by going with a cheap NVIDIA even though at the cheapo end NVIDIA costs a bit more. If you can't get a current driver due to cost, then go back as few generations as possible. Again NVIDIA support has been better here and the latest 'Legacy' driver on the NVIDIA website is tons better than the 'legacy' driver at AMD because NVIDIA held out just a little longer before abandonning their customers to legacy land.
Compaq dc5700 manual content summary:. Illustrated Parts & Service Map HP Compaq dc5700 Microtower Business PC © 2006 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions. Standard and Optional Boards Memory modules 1. 256 MB, PC2-5300, CL5 404794-001 434369-001 Intel Celeron D Processors with alcohol pad and thermal grease International 56K Modem, FH DVI-I to VGA graphics adapter.Not shown LP 419497-001 432392-001 432393-001 432394-001 dc5700 Illustrated Parts.
Allows you to specify which VGA controller will be used when multiple video adapters are available. Bus /disable. Processor cache - enable/disable.
Unique Sleep State Blink Patterns. Integrated video - -Test - Allows you to execute self-tests on ATA hard drives. Dc5700 Illustrated Parts &. and Diagnostics CD that shipped with the computer.
The tool may also be downloaded from the HP Web site using the following procedure: 1. Access panel and reconnect the power cord. Turn on the computer and allow it to start. Dc5700 Illustrated Parts & Service Map, MT Chassis 439125-002 page.