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Before you run off to buy
that graphics upgrade, you have to find out if your current system will
be able to handle a new video graphic adapter card. Video card requirements have changed
over the years, and older PC systems might not have the necessary hardware
to be compatible with the latest video cards. Take a look at your system motherboard to see
if it has an AGP or PCI Express card slot. Older systems have AGP card slots, but more recent systems
have PCI Express card slots. If your system has a PCI Express slot,
video card upgrade will be easy. All the latest video cards / graphic
adapters use the PCI Express form factor. Your
upgrade options will be much more limited if you find an AGP slot. You
may want to consider
upgrading to a PCI Express motherboard if you want to get the most powerful
video and graphic card options. There are
two major video card graphic adapter chipset manufacturers, ATI that makes
Radeon and Nvidia, the maker of GeForce chipset. Many board level manufacturers
use these video chipsets video cards and video adapters. Gigabyte is one
of the leading video card suppliers.
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