What kind of graphics card will my computer be able to upgrade?

Question

My computer has an ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Series (ATI Radeon Xpress Series (0x5A61)) graphics card.

Will my computer be able to upgrade to an ATI Radeon 8500 or higher?

Here's a more detailed on what my computer has:
http://www.intel.com/products/motherboard/D102GGC2/index.htm

Okay then but so if my motherboard supports PCI-x cards, I may or may not be able to upgrade? Or I just simply can't because I have an integrated graphics card?

Answer 1

It is very clear that your motherboard has a x16 PCIe graphics slot. You can install ANY (ATI or Nvidia) PCIe graphics card there.

ATI Radeon 8500 is an outdated AGP card. It is NOT compatible with your motherboard. BUT the NEW Nvidia Geforce 8500GT would surely fit. It is not a fast card but has excellent HD video capability. Another cheap card that performs decently is Geforce 7300GT ddr3.

Answer 2

If I'm not mistaken ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Series (ATI Radeon Xpress Series) is a built in graphic card on to your motherboard.

To be able to upgrade to new graphic cards, you need to identify the graphic card slots which is either AGP or PCI-x. Refer to you motherboard user manual if you are not sure about which slot.

ATI Radeon 8500 is an old AGP card. AGP graphic cards has 2 gaps at the copper point. Meanwhile newer technology PCI-x cards has only 1 gap. Take note.... Cheers.


Update: I've viewed your motherboard. It only supports PCI-x cards. ATI Radeon 8500 is no more applicable.... Cheers

Update: Yes, you may upgrade it. Else there is no point the manufacturer built a pci-x slot on the motherboard. You might need to disable your on board graphic card in the BIOS before you insert the new pci-x card.... Cheers

Answer 3

Well that strongly depends on your motherboard. What you need to do is find out what motherboard your computer has then lookup what it supports on the manufactures web site.