Nvidia graphics card upgrade?

Hi,

The system has one PCI Express x16 card slot and is factory shipped with 460 watt power supply. You will need to search for a video card which would work with this requirements.

This will be a huge improvement.  Won't hurt your wallet or power supply.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487295

The card I recommended has Display port and Display port to VGA is not expensive.


https://www.amazon.com/Rankie-Plated-DisplayPort-Adapter-Converter/dp/B00Z08TZNU

Thanks! Will have a look at it.

The GTX 1050 is a great upgrade, but not the only choice.

I don't usually recommend a specific card without knowing the software being used, and the monitor(s) and the resolution of the monitor. If you provide this, the recommendations can be more specific.

The system can also take a GTX 1050ti or a GTX 1060 without a power supply upgrade. The 1050ti runs around $150 US. the GTX 1060 comes in a 3GB version and a 6GB version. in the $199 to $260+ price range.

Two key points.

1) you must update 8700 BIOS to A10 (Win 8.1) or A11 (Win 10) for the GTX 10x0 or GTX 900 series cards to work.

2) GTX 10x0 series cards no longer have VGA output so if that is a requirement for your display, consider a card in the GTX 900 series like a 950ti or 960.

The card I recommended has Display port and Display port to VGA is not expensive.

I am fairly sure none of the "pascal" generation nVidia GTX 1080/1070/1060/1050ti/1050  cards have analog signals supplied with displayport, and the displayport to VGA adapters will not work.

Thanks for the reply. I work with various 3D rendering software. Some specifically require a Nvidia graphic card eg those using the Nvidia Iray render engine. My monitor is a Samsung, resolution 1920 x 1080. I'm currently using analog but can easily be changed to HDMI.

Display port is digital and VGA is analog and the display port adapters use a hardware conversion. These are not passive adapters. They have a DAC in them.  There are HDMI to VGA adapters that work the same way.   It is actively converting the Digital DP signal, over to an Analog VGA signal.

 No idea where you got the notion that Red, green, blue sync signals came from display port connectors.

Display port is not DVI-I or DVI-A with analog signals on the connector.

Thanks for the reply. I work with various 3D rendering software. Some specifically require a Nvidia graphic card eg those using the Nvidia Iray render engine. My monitor is a Samsung, resolution 1920 x 1080. I'm currently using analog but can easily be changed to HDMI.

Most of the cards have an HDMI out so you should be OK there.

Iray rendering is GPU intensive so any of the cards will be a big improvement over what you have.

The choice you make will be based on how much you are willing to spend vs the gain you want. 

If you are rendering often, and if the turnaround time matters it might be worth it to invest more.

Since you mention you use this for work,  if time equals money a faster card may pay for itself. 

good luck !

IRAY rendering is usually done on Quadro not Geforce cards as is Maya and Autodesk® 3ds Max® and Adobe CS.  Also note that Windows 10 is not yet an officially supported operating system across the Autodesk product line. It looks like 750 ti is the low end for this now.

www.migenius.com/.../iray-benchmarks-2015

When rendering with Autodesk® 3ds Max® and Iray, not all GPUs are visible within the Render Setup dialog under Renderer > Hardware Resources.

I've never heard that Geforce cards don't work with Iray in DAZ Studio. It finds and uses the 745 just fine.  And Windows 10 is supported, but I have 8.1 anyway. However at the moment I believe there is no support for the 1070 which is being worked on. The 1050 looks like a good deal and I'm seriously considering it.