I want to upgrade my pc's graphics.. how do I know what will work with my pc, if I have a pci slot or a agp ?

Question

also can an upgrade by too powerful for a pc? Is it easy to fit one myself ?
(my pc is a celeron 3 3ghz with 512mb)

thanks in advance for any advice you can give
Suz

Answer 1

Well you can chechk which mother board you have by http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.html downloading the Everest program here... This program will tell u everything about your system... I woud recemend you to get 1G nVidia Gforce 7950....

If you are still unsure about wot to do then speak to one of your local pc repairs/parts shop..

Hope this helps

Answer 2

Download the program "everest" it's really good. It will tell you your motherboard name. Then go to the motherboard manufacturer's homepage and check which slots the board has. You can also look in the manual of your motherboard. The graphics adapter is normally inserted into the AGP or PCI-Express slot, but normally never the PCI slot. If you don't have a very new computer it will probably be AGP but you need to check which AGP speed, because there is AGP 1x, 2x, 4x and 8x speed (the higher the number, the newer) and if you put the wrong speed it can ruin your computer.
Yes it is easy to build in. The manual will also explain it.

Answer 3

You can check the manufacturers site for your motherboard for a manual. What you should have is AGP or PCI express.

If you go to http://www.crucial.com and scan your PC it should tell you some information about what you have and give some recommendations as to what they sell that would be compatible.

Answer 4

Depends on what slots are availble on your motherboard..check the info that came with your pc, or the website for your board.. And yes you can easily install it yourself, it slips right into a slot, (if one is avalible), then just install the driver cd that came with your card.