Determining which graphics card is Win 10 compatible

[alexham36]

My inbuilt NVidia graphic card is not Win 10 compatible. I found NVidia GeForce 210 at reasonable price, but I am not sure if it is Win 10 compatible. How do I find out?
Many thanks,
Alex

[vikingken]

You can manually install drivers for Windows 7, but there isn't a driver for Windows 10. Cheap graphics are exactly that.

[mikkh]

DirectX 10 compatible is the only caveat Microsoft advise, which is a very broad scope and not very helpful

I would avoid the 210 or any sub £30 card myself as barely better than on-board graphics - often worse than modern on-board graphics in fact.

Though this article doesn't say, these should be all usable in Windows 10

www.pcadvisor.co.uk/test-centre/pc-peripheral/6-best-budget-graphics-card-2015-uk-may-3217736/

[alexham36]

Thank you for that. I was trying to avoid a graphic card with its own cooling fan. There are 2 cooling fans already in the box and I did not want to add to the noise, but if I must buy one I will test it and see. Thanks again,
Alex

[mikkh]

Swings and roundabouts, passive (no fan) cooling will probably make the case fans work harder (increasing noise anyway) and will definitely increase the case/system temperature.

A graphics card with a fan usually has some sort of intelligent speed control to make it quieter when not under full load i.e most of the time

If noise is a problem for you, it might be wise to invest in a specialist quiet case which should last you through several upgrades in the future

[alexham36]

Well, I bought NVidia GeForce GT730 and it is in and working. It needed to be connected to the monitor by HDMI and the input set to Auto, which gives me sound with Win7 and Win10 but not in WinXP. I suppose, I could still connect to the inbuilt graphics card for WinXP if I really needed to. So far so good.

Bu the way, Mikkh, you were right in that the additional fan on the graphic card has not added noticeably to the hum.

Thanks again,

Alex