Asus G20 video card upgrade uptions

[Fatboy9]

I got a G20 at BB at the end of November and I wanted some extra GPU power. Would the new Asus gtx 960 fit in my G20? It has a GTX 750 in it now, and I have both power supplies so that will not be an issue. OR is their another Asus card that would fit and be a better value?

http://www.amazon.com/Asus-STRIX-GTX960-DC2OC-2GD5-ASUS-Graphics-Cards/dp/B00S9SGMZM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=U...

Thanks for the help!

[doeboydk]

http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?54457-ROG-G20-Overhaul
there is a guy that upgraded the 760 to a 980 not sure if you came across this post
did you get both powersuplies along with the computer ? i only got the 1 with my 750 😞

[Fatboy9]

doeboydk wrote:
http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?54457-ROG-G20-Overhaul
there is a guy that upgraded the 760 to a 980 not sure if you came across this post
did you get both powersuplies along with the computer ? i only got the 1 with my 750 😞

I only got one as well, but my buddy got the model with both power supplies so i took the model # off of it, and ordered a DELTA OEM one from Amazon. Thanks for tthe suggestion as well.

[zhangyifu]

Fatboy9 wrote:
I got a G20 at BB at the end of November and I wanted some extra GPU power. Would the new Asus gtx 960 fit in my G20? It has a GTX 750 in it now, and I have both power supplies so that will not be an issue. OR is their another Asus card that would fit and be a better value?

http://www.amazon.com/Asus-STRIX-GTX960-DC2OC-2GD5-ASUS-Graphics-Cards/dp/B00S9SGMZM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=U...

Thanks for the help!

In my opinion, using GPUs with not reference cooler would increase the temperature inside the G20 chassis. There are not really a lot of open space for cooling so I would recommend using reference GPUs, just to make sure that you don't damage other components due to overheating.

This reference 960 would work
http://www.amazon.com/MSI-GTX-960-2GD5-Graphics/dp/B00SAYDRKS/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1422364891&sr=...

[Fatboy9]

zhangyifu wrote:
In my opinion, using GPUs with not reference cooler would increase the temperature inside the G20 chassis. There are not really a lot of open space for cooling so I would recommend using reference GPUs, just to make sure that you don't damage other components due to overheating.

This reference 960 would work
http://www.amazon.com/MSI-GTX-960-2GD5-Graphics/dp/B00SAYDRKS/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1422364891&sr=...

I will be sticking with a refrence model then, the MSI looks like it would be a good choice. Thank you for your assistance.

[zhangyifu]

No problem. Interested in doing a upgrade tutorial video on this?

[Fatboy9]

Fry's was out of refrence model, tried smaller size Gigayte card - it did not sit right and had driver recognition problems. I did switch the jumper by the power inputs and that allowed the nvidia drivers to recognize- but would not function- windows kept reporting errors in device manager. Confirmed the 750 was stll working waiting on reference 960 from Amazon. Might pick up a refrence 760/770/970 from BB since buddy wants a new card and I can experiment with his permission. Will keep update and post findings. Any suggestions still appreciated.

[toronto699]

http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?54457-ROG-G20-Overhaul

[Fatboy9]

I follow that thread, it is quite excellent. Thanks for the link. I made this thread to try and get a suggestion or help on a gtx 960. FYI, 760 and 960 are possible upgrades to the one power supply g20 model as long as you switch a jumper setting and get the right Power Brick.

[newraze]

Has anyone tried replacing the gtx 760 that comes in the g20 with a reference or aftermarket amd radeon r9 290x? Cause I want to try putting in a amd radeon fury once it comes out and was wondering if that would work or not.