how to find out which graphic card fits in my pc?

Question

my pc comes with no graphic card so the graphic memory is only 32mb i wanna upgrade to 128 mb to suit newer n better games but i dont know which card will fit in my pc and how to find out whether a particular card will fit in my computer,well thats the question... btw...my pc model is acer aspire t310

thanks for ur help dudes...btw, my motherboard is sis 661fx it has agp slot i dont know which speed though...and which model would work absolutely fine...can anyone tell me the cheapest model workin fine with my machine...?

Answer 1

I downloaded the manual for your computer, but there was no help there, so you are going to have to look inside your system to see if you have an AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port). When you remove the side from your machine you will see 3 or 4 slots that are about 3 inches long. If the top slot looks a little different from the rest and sets back about 3/4 of an inch, then you have an AGP slot. If on the other hand all of the slots look the same and are lined up then there is no AGP slot and you will need to use a PCI video card. If I knew the type and model number of your mother board I would be able to look it up and tell you what type and kind of card your system can support.

After you have determined which type of "slot" your system has, you can look at some of the different types of card at places like Tiger Direct, ZipZoomFly, Newegg, etc. Here is a link to Tigers PCI video card selection. This is just one suggestion, you should do some looking around before your buy.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=697&Nav=|c:319|&Sort=3&Recs=10

Also, if and when you install your new card you may need to go into the BIOS of your system and change the "default" video adaptor from "on board" to PCI or AGP, which ever your system requires.

I hope this helps.

Answer 2

That pc has an AGP 4x/8x slot for a gpu
You need a card that is AGP and 4x or 8x speed.

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Search.jsp

Answer 3

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