pahammer
03-07-2012 01:58 PM (7 days ago)
I have an HP Pavilion m9500z, with AMD phenom 9850 x4 2.5GHz, 6Gb RAM and Vista 64 bit. I want to upgrade the video card to BF3 capability. My current card is an NVIDIA GeForce 9500GS. Can I upgrade to something like a GTX580? If so, do I just unplug the old and slide in the new? Are there different fittings? Do I need to upgrade a fan or something as well? Is this something an obvious noob can do or should I call in a pro? Advice much appreciated.
Big_Dave
03-07-2012 05:01 PM (7 days ago)
Hi,

Read this posted article.

Do some measuring as the article suggests and tell us what size video card will fit in your PC. I think anything over 9" is going to be a problem. Look carefully when you measure for other possible issues.

The GTX 580 is too big for your PC.

You will also need a bigger power supply.

Read through the information on this thread. If you don't use the Ultra settings with a screen resolution of 1920by1080 then the AMD 6850 should work quite well.