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Anonymous Posted on Mar 26, 2010

What type of graphics card would I need to upgrade

Could someone tell me which type of graphics card I would need to upgrade to so my daughter can play the sims3. Is it an agp or pci express?

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Open the case.
Is there an add-on video-card, or is the video "integrated" onto the motherboard?

If not, then look at the "empty" slots for add-on cards.

The WHITE coloured slots will take a PCI (not PCI-Express) video-card.

If there is a BROWN slot that does *NOT* line-up with the ends of the WHITE slots, the slot will take an AGP video-card.

If there a DARK-coloured slot that *ALMOST* lines-up with the end of the WHITE slots, the slot will take a PCI-express video-card.


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