Freefalling173
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I have a stock "right off the shelf's of Best buy" had no clue what I was buying three year old HP Pavilion m9040.
I have not done much to the computer. The stock graphics card lasted until last weekend. I have been using my buddy's ever since. He is looking to take it back and I am happy to give it back because it runs so hot that I have to put a fan on it....... Probably because my power supplies is garbage.
My question is without rebuilding/moving much around, I am looking for a replacement graphics card that will be able to play games at the higher settings. My budget is around 200$
I will be replacing the 300 watt power supplies with the following:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817152036&Tpk=n82E16817152036
so this shouldn't be an issue to run the better cards.
I just need one that will fit without me tearing the whole computer apart.
Thanks for you help!
These are the following specs of my computer:
Processor, Operating System and Memory
Operating system installed
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium
Processor
Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Processor Q6600
• 2.40 GHz, 2x4MB L2 Cache, 1066 MHz Front Side Bus
platform
Intel® ViivTM Processor Technology
Chipset
Intel® G33 Express Chipset
Standard memory
3072MB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM memory (2x1024MB 2x512MB) (Expandable to 8GB)
Memory type
DDR2-SDRAM
Memory slots
4 DIMM (240-pin, DDR2) (occupied)
Internal drives
Internal hard disk drive
640 GB (2 x 320 GB)
Hard disk controller
Serial ATA
Hard disk drive speed
(7200 rpm)
Optical drive type
SuperMulti DVD burner with LightScribe Technology
Optical drive speed
LightScribe Technology: 16x DVD±R, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD+R DL, 8x DVD-R DL, 12x DVD-RAM, 16x DVD-ROM, 40x CDR, 32x CDRW, 40x CD-ROM
System features
Memory card device
15in1 memory card reader
Network interface
Integrated 10/100/1000Mbps network interface
Video capture interface
2 FireWire® (IEEE 1394) port(s) (1 Front, 1 Back)
Video adapter
NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS graphics card
Video RAM
Up to 1535MB Total Available Graphics Memory as allocated by Windows Vista®
I have not done much to the computer. The stock graphics card lasted until last weekend. I have been using my buddy's ever since. He is looking to take it back and I am happy to give it back because it runs so hot that I have to put a fan on it....... Probably because my power supplies is garbage.
My question is without rebuilding/moving much around, I am looking for a replacement graphics card that will be able to play games at the higher settings. My budget is around 200$
I will be replacing the 300 watt power supplies with the following:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817152036&Tpk=n82E16817152036
so this shouldn't be an issue to run the better cards.
I just need one that will fit without me tearing the whole computer apart.
Thanks for you help!
These are the following specs of my computer:
Processor, Operating System and Memory
Operating system installed
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium
Processor
Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Processor Q6600
• 2.40 GHz, 2x4MB L2 Cache, 1066 MHz Front Side Bus
platform
Intel® ViivTM Processor Technology
Chipset
Intel® G33 Express Chipset
Standard memory
3072MB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM memory (2x1024MB 2x512MB) (Expandable to 8GB)
Memory type
DDR2-SDRAM
Memory slots
4 DIMM (240-pin, DDR2) (occupied)
Internal drives
Internal hard disk drive
640 GB (2 x 320 GB)
Hard disk controller
Serial ATA
Hard disk drive speed
(7200 rpm)
Optical drive type
SuperMulti DVD burner with LightScribe Technology
Optical drive speed
LightScribe Technology: 16x DVD±R, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD+R DL, 8x DVD-R DL, 12x DVD-RAM, 16x DVD-ROM, 40x CDR, 32x CDRW, 40x CD-ROM
System features
Memory card device
15in1 memory card reader
Network interface
Integrated 10/100/1000Mbps network interface
Video capture interface
2 FireWire® (IEEE 1394) port(s) (1 Front, 1 Back)
Video adapter
NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS graphics card
Video RAM
Up to 1535MB Total Available Graphics Memory as allocated by Windows Vista®
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