Last Updated on July 10, 2024 by Adams
How To Install Graphics Card?
Thinking about installing a new graphics card on your computer but you don’t know how to? Just read our guide and install your new and powerful GPU efficiently on your computer.
Graphics card in any PC might need an upgrade every few months. As the technology evolves and new games come into the market, every gamer wants to have the best visual experience and the only way to do that is by installing a new and upgraded graphics card.
However, some gamers have trouble while installing a graphics card on to their computers.
Let us tell you, you’re not building a new PC so installing a GPU is a relatively easy task to perform. All you need is a little help, right tools and a few minutes to get your PC back in the game.
How To Install GPU On Your Computer?
The main parts this task involves are the case and PCI-e slot on the motherboard. A motherboard can have more than one slot, but we’ll use the x16 slot. An x4 slot is shorter and can be used for other expansion cards (Wi-Fi cards, for example), and secondary x16 slots are usually reserved for additional GPUs.
Prepare Your PC For The New GPU:
Before you replace the graphics card on your computer, you need to ensure that the drivers you were using for the previous graphics card have been uninstalled. However, if you are installing GPU for the very first time on your computer, you can just skip this part. AMD and NVIDIA offer complete guides of removing previously installed GOU software on your computers.
Another handy tool that you can use to completely remove GPU drivers on Windows is known as Display Driver Uninstaller. You do not necessarily need to use this utility however if you do, it will be highly beneficial for you.
Once you have removed all the drivers, it is time to open your PC up and follow the below mentioned steps to efficiently install the graphics card on your computer.
Installing The New Graphics Card
- Shut down the PC first.
- You can turn off the switch on the back of the PC to turn off the supply to the PSU.
- The side panel is usually held on by two screws, you need to unscrew it and extract it carefully. However, if you do not have a previously installed GPU on your computer, you can just skip to Step 7.
- Now, you will find your previous GPU installed on it. Remove it by unscrewing the screws holding the GPU in the rear bracket.
- You can now unlock the PCI-e slot clip.
- Remove the GPU card gently by pulling.
- Hover the new GPU over the PCI-e slot.
- Push the GPU down to slide the connector into the slot.
- You need to ensure that it clicks into the place.
- Screw the rear bracket to keep the GPU in its place.
- Now you can connect any PSU cables if required.
- Reattach the side panel of the CPU and you are good to go.
Now, all you have to do is plug-in the rear display connectors whether they’re HDMI, DisplayPort, VGA, or DVI. Once you are done, hit the power button on and start the PC.
In case the PC doesn’t turn on or the monitor doesn’t receive signals, you will need to check again if all the display cables have been connected correctly. Once the monitor catches signals, you will have to install the GPU drivers on your computer and voila.
So, this is how you install a GPU on your computer. It is easy to do and you do not need anything to worry about.
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