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Can I Use Any Graphics Card?

by jkwilly Jun 22, 2006 4:22PM PDT

Good day,
I Have the following, eMachines T6524 AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2.2GHz / 1GB DDR / 200GB HDD / Dual Layer DVD

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Link, comment.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jun 22, 2006 11:28PM PDT

http://reviews.cnet.com/eMachines_T6524/4505-3118_7-31556305.html notes this has the x16 PCI Express slot so you can't go get some AGP card. You'll have to pick an PCI Express card based on how far out you want to go. ATI has a dual GPU video card with 1 gigabyte of video RAM but that is on the extreme side of upgrades. Your choice is usually determined by a budget.

Bob

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Yes...any PCIe graphics card...

by VAPCMD Jun 23, 2006 11:55PM PDT

'Best' depends on intended use and budget.

VAPCMD

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DO A SCAN

by Scrotes4Life Jun 24, 2006 9:50AM PDT

Many of the Graphix Card manufacturers can scan your system on line. Go that way.
There are plenty of them out there - too many - so a system scan will be your best bet.

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