I have a HP Pavilion Elite m9300t CTO Desktop PC with NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS that has a blue fan covering. The fan has stopped and the card heats up and stops that forces me to power off the machine and restart after it cools down.
I need to replace the video card before I burn out the motherboard and look forward to your help. Please let me know the best card for the HTPC machine that is used only for watching HD movies and not really a gaming machine.
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.130707-1535)
RAM: 3 GB DDR2 RAM PC2-6400 (800MHz) 240-pin [Supports up to 4 GB* on 32 bit PCs]
Chipset: Intel G33
Front-side bus speed: 800/1066/1333 MHz
One PCI (nothing attached)
One PCI Express x16 (Video Card)
Two PCI Express x1 (One has a TV tuner card & the one close to video card is open to allow some air flow around the video card)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad (K) up to Q6600
PSU: Delta ELEC DPS-350AB-8A Power Supply 350 Watt
Motherboard:
Manufacturer's motherboard: Asus IPIBL-LB
HP/Compaq name: Benicia-GL8E