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what kind of video card can i upgrade to?

so my computer came with an ati hd 5450, im looking to upgrade to a gig card. what im not sure of, however, is what the setup can handle. this machine right now has a 300w power supply and my motherboard is this:http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docnam...

any ideas as to what i can do with what i got?

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  • 10 years ago
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    The amount of memory on the card is less important than the GPU. With that tiny power supply you can't upgrade to much of anything at the moment.

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  • 10 years ago

    Upgrade your power supply to at least 500 watts. Then you can upgrade to a very good graphics card.

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