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Question by DB: Can i upgrade the graphic card of my gateway desktop pc that i got from futureshop a year and half ago?
I bought a gateway desktop from futureshop a year and half ago.and right now i cant play any new games .my pc has 1 gb ram. amd athlon 64 bit 2.0 ghz.250 gb hd, and geforce 6100 shared 256 mb graphic card.i really love to install a new graphic card on my pc and i could really use some help. Thank u 
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Answer by bob_z61
yes you can. With the exception of slimline desktops, you can go almost anyplace, find the card you want (make sure its the card for you computer, agp, pci or pci-e) then then just install it. But yes, it is upradable. One thing is if you go large, make sure your power supply can handle it.
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There should be no problem at all in upgrading the card. Just be sure to buy the right kind, AGP, PCI, PCIe, etc.
yeah it can be upgraded. if you have a PCI16e slot then get a pci express 16 graphics card
like 320mb 8800GTS
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/11/06/best_graphics_card/
is a list o ‘best graphics cards for the money’ this should get you started. I would assume its a pci-e (the slot that the card goes in) as you have a relatively new machine and pci-e has been available since 2004. You need to be clear about this though. (that its not agp)
Once youve got that sorted, it should just be a matter of oprening up your pc and whacking the card in. reboot, install drivers, and you’re away.
google [installing pci card] to get the lowdown on precautions when putting a new card in.
really its pretty simple.
my recommendation for a gfx card is a factory overclocked 8800gt
Oh and you might want to make sure you have at least a 2000mhz cpu and 2gig ram. (depends on what games you want to play tho, particularly how recently they were released)
good luck with it…