Video Card upgrade advice

[AKV123]

Hi Guys, How are you? I have an HP ProDesk 600 g1 Tower. Here are the components:

1. 1. i5 4670 Chip
2. 8 gig of ram
3. 750 gig 7200 rpm
4. evga gt 630 2 gig graphics
5. intel hd 4600 graphics as well
6. 320 watt power supply
7. 2 display ports on board
8. 2 DVI ports and 1 HDMI on gt 630
9. Realtek 2-channel ALC221 Codec
10. Currently using the internal graphics card
11. Rosewell N900 wifi card
12. Broadcom 9460cd bluetooth is working and the wifi didn't work. So I lost patient and said screw it and bought a seperate wifi card to make my life easier.

I need advice on a discrete graphics card. I do have the EVGA GT 630 2 gig. However, I didn't know if its worth using because the internal graphics card is better than the Gt 630. So I wanted to know what upgrades should I make besides increasing the ram and adding an SSD. Which those two things will happen in time. My mother board can hold 32 gig of ram!

 

[ashman70]

For what reason do you want to upgrade the video card? You could consider moving to an AMD card and an RX560 would be a decent upgrade, it does not require any power from the ps, I am currently using one in my Coffee Lake system without issues under 10.13.5 driving three monitors.

 

[AKV123]

I wanted a cheap video card. I just wanted a discrete video card so my hackintosh runs faster and smoother and if i want to play video games or if i want to edit video or photos I can if there is any time I need to edit videos. My geekbench score was lower than the imac version of my computer! Yeah I know I don't have an SSD. But the comparison that is shown on geekbench is that with a SSD imac? How easy is that video card to upgrade and is it pricey?

 

[ashman70]

It should be as simple as installing the card. I don't game so I can't speak to it's gaming ability, but I have a the 4GB Asus version and it works fine for me, but do some research on some Nvidia models too. I got my card for $279 before the mining craze drove prices up.