A quick question for all you PC custom build experts out there...
My son plays iracing (professionally.) He earns half his annual income by winning paying races online. He uses an HP Pavillion mini tower, with i3 Ivy Bridge, 8GB. He has been using the integrated graphics, but it can barely do the minimum graphics resolution, so he wants an upgrade video card.
He picked out
this which looks bitchin to this old coot! It is GeForce 760, NVidia's top 700 series, one step below the new 900 series. It looks like there is enough room inside the PC for it to fit. The PC has one PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot with room for the card width and cooling space.
The PC has only 300 watt PS, so I picked out
this. It has all the right cables and connectors.
The power supply simulator
here said I need 326W to power this exact system at peak. Since I watch TV in the same room with him playing, I don't want to hear any fan noise which starts getting louder at 50% power capacity. And the extra power will allow him to use it on a faster system later.
The monitor is what came with the HP, DVI input 19" LCD. The PC has DVI outputs but we didn't have an extra DVI cable so he has been using a VGA adapter and cable. Do you think I should try the DVI cable to see if it improves the video before buying the upgrade card? That won't change the resolution setting he is forced to use now due to processing power.
Does all this make sense or am I missing something? I've never bought an upgrade video or PS before, only memory sticks.
Thanks!
What amazes me is how cheap this high tech digital gaming equipment is compared to analog audio equipment. This video card has 3 million transistors. My amplifier has about 12.