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01-09-2006, 08:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
AMD6415 Super Techie Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 310	How do i tell what my card is My parents have a Dell 4600 and i was going to change the video card on it and I don't know how to tell if it is a AGP or a PCI or what it is can someone tell me how I can look to see what it is don't laugh at me i am new to computers and only know the basics __________________ 2 B old and wise U must 1st be young and stupid Trinity ATX Mid-Tower Case, Blue Cold Cathode neon, ASUS motherboard, Intel E8400 dual core @ 3.7GHz, 2GB of ram, 2 ATI HD 3870s Xfire, 74GB Raptor HDD, and 320GB HDD, 750W psu, and 24" HD Gateway FHD2401 1920x1200

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well an agp slot will be set slightly further back than other slots and will most likely be brown. a pci-e slot is tha narrowest and a pci slot is the one that doesn't fit either of those descriptions.

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01-10-2006, 07:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
AMD6415 Super Techie Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 310	Well i looked at it and it is further back than the other slots but it isn't brown it is green __________________ 2 B old and wise U must 1st be young and stupid Trinity ATX Mid-Tower Case, Blue Cold Cathode neon, ASUS motherboard, Intel E8400 dual core @ 3.7GHz, 2GB of ram, 2 ATI HD 3870s Xfire, 74GB Raptor HDD, and 320GB HDD, 750W psu, and 24" HD Gateway FHD2401 1920x1200

01-10-2006, 08:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
Kitire Super Techie Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 350	That is teh AGP. __________________

01-10-2006, 09:25 PM	#5 (permalink)
The_Tobes99 Super Techie Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 405	the newer motherboards are breaking away from the brown slot, my GAK8NSC-939 has a green agp slot __________________

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