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    nate cavalieri is offline Junior Member
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    Default Difficulty in upgrading of graphics card

    Lastly I have decided that I need to upgrade my graphics card as well as I need to buy and power supply. Although, it’s turning out to be a ton of work to make sure I’m getting something good and that it’s going to work. SoThis is the first time I would like to change anything in my computer, but I’m also very nervous. But hopefully think it will get worked out fine?

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    Hi, I would like to assist that you should first check your motherboard whether it is compatible for upgrading the high end graphic card and check it has a AGP or PCI Express slots and after that you should buy the one according to the slots as the AGP slots graphic cards are more expensive as compared to PCI Express slots as it is a very old technology and hardly you get it today. As even you don’t need to upgrade the power supply as it depend upon the motherboard at what capacity it can handle or is compatible as the graphic does not need an additional power supply to it. If you already planned to buy the power supply I would like suggest you to buy atleast 650watts SMPS. Today’s most renowned brands in graphic cards leader is NVIDIA

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    Rodriguez Vivian is offline Junior Member
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    hi, you have built-in graphics; check whether your pc supports PCI-Express or AGP and the compatibility of the graphic card. ATI Radeon or Nvidia are well renowned today’s brands as you don’t need to upgrade your power supply to 650 or 750watts and graphic depends on the how much MB or GB u r purchasing and which brand you decide to buy. It is not necessary you to upgrade your power supply to more wattage of power only a single fan connectors is needed to be connected to the graphic card and today the graphic cards prices have been gone down and available at a very cheaper rates. Before planning to purchasing a graphic card have a check with your motherboard details whether it is compatible and ports it has whether AGP or PCI Express you don’t need to disable from your bios while installing your graphic cards the system automatically get switched to the graphic card.

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