Can I use graphics cards

Asked By annaatutor 40 points N/A Posted on - 06/07/2012

I have a computer which has 1 GB RAM, Pentium Dual Core and have PCI slot. I want to buy a graphics card, but when I ask my friends, they say I can't have a graphics card. Because graphics cards for PCI slot is not available today. I want some ones advice, Is this true ? Can you suggest me good graphics card ( 256-512 Mb ).

And its Indian price. If I cant have one, can you suggest me what I have to do for this problem.

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Answered By Angeus Lim 5 points N/A #136792

Can I use graphics cards

Hello,

It would help if you can also the make and model of your motherboard. PCI video cards very hard to find this times because of the faster and better performance from PCI-E video cards. It is very hard to find PCI video cards right now but not impossible. I would suggest that you check out buy-and-sell websites to see if you can get a second-hand one from there. You can also post what you are looking for, you never know someone might be planning of selling one. As for PCI cards, the Geforce fx 5600 PCI is a pretty good video card, if you can find one, go for it.

If you really can not find PCI cards, then just add another 1 GB to your ram to at least improve your computers performance during games since your RAM is shared if you don’t have a dedicated video card installed.

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Answered By Genebraldo Regio 0 points N/A #136793

Can I use graphics cards

Hello,

I think the Best solution is Change your motherboard, Because, PCI Card are too old now and Not supported for Latest games. So Just spend $150 and rebuild your PC for latest games. PCi express is most popular and Better for gaming.

Good luck.

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Answered By Adrian Torre 0 points N/A #136794

Can I use graphics cards

Almost all new video cards today in the market are for PCIE slot. It cannot be use to your motherboard. You can try to buy second hand video card ATI 512mb from second hand store. It is better than buying new motherboard.

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