Hopefully finding a GPU to work on older machine that Premiere Pro and Photoshop will be okay with

Question

I recently upgraded my machine from Windows 7 to Windows 10. I had stopped CC updates so I remained on older versions of Premiere Pro and Photoshop while on Windows 7, and now they're all updated since I'm now on Windows 10.

I have an HP EliteDesk 800 G1 Tower. I'm told power supply is 320w. Has no available power connectors (unless I use a splitter, of course). Has an SSD and two HDDs. Takes PCIe-16. CPU is i7, 32 GB RAM.

Has a GeForce GT 630 in it now.

Premiere Pro says the current GeForce GT 630 is supported but that it won't be with the next version release soon (so I turned off auto updates).

Photoshop doesn't like that it doesn't have DirectX 12, which it says it needs.

Speaking to a tech at EVGA, he determined that the GeForce GTX 1050 might work. It's on the Premiere Pro list of currently supported GPUs.

Or the GeForce GTX 1050Ti but it needs power, meaning I'd use a splitter. (It says it wants total system power tobe about 300w).

Assuming the GTX 1050 or 1050Ti will work with the machine's specs (and power with the Ti), any idea how much it's likely to keep Premiere Pro and Photoshop happy with the current versions? (And with perhaps, say, about six more months of updates if you care to guess?)

And how bad is it to keep using the GeForce GT 630 for now if I stop updates of Premiere Pro and Photoshop? (Again, the current version of Premiere Pro says it's okay with it, and it seems fine with basic testing I did. And while Photoshop says it wants a better card because it's currently seeing DirectX 11 and needs DirectX 12, I don't know when or how I'd ever do anything that's all that demanding and Photoshop so far seems to be working fine with basic testing.

Any other suggestions for a GPU to get me through for about six months with current Premiere Pro and Photoshop? (And maybe updates?)

Note that I'm not doing any high-end work with either app. (And in 3-6 months I'll have new machines.)

Thanks so much!

Jay

Peru Bob · Accepted Answer

You mean if the 1050Ti works leave auto-update off, correct? (Not that if the current 630 works leave the 1050Ti off.) Correct?

A review on Amazon says this about the 1050Ti:
"This is a awesome video card. If you only have a 300 w power supply you can't get more than 145 hz. Otherwise you will get a lot of computer hangs and have to reboot."

Any idea what that means to me, and how to not ask the card for more than 145 hz? (If that's even a thing?) (Again, a tech at EVGA said the model of my computer's power supply is 320w.)

Thanks again!

If you only have a 300 w power supply you can't get more than 145 hz. Otherwise you will get a lot of computer hangs and have to reboot."

By @JayNewWeb

The specs for that card only require a 300W power supply. The card uses 75W.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-gb/geforce/graphics-cards/geforce-gtx-1050-ti/specifications/

Peru Bob · Answer

Photoshop so far seems to be working fine with basic testing.......

...... to get me through for about six months with current Premiere Pro and Photoshop?

By @JayNewWeb

If it works now, and you have updates turned off, you can probably get by until the new machines arrive.

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