new graphics card new chip set?

shadinfox · 05-31-2006, 03:18 PM

hi ive been look ing to buy the gateway Gt5058 pc

the specs are

Processor
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ dual-core processor
64-bit processor 2GHz
2000MHz System bus
2 x 512KB L2 cache
Chipset
NVIDIA GeForce 6100
Memory
2GB dual-channel DDR at 400Mhz
Video
NVIDIA GeForce 6100 GPU
128MB
Hard Drive
250GB (7200rpm, 2MB cache)

if i wanted to update my graphics card to say a geforce 6800 gt ultra or even something better would i have to buy and install a new chipset as well as the graphics card?

sorry i'm still pretty new to computers and with the video card and the chipset having the same name i thought that cards and chip sets had to correspond or something. i dont know, thanks alot!

talldude123 · 05-31-2006, 03:42 PM

No, the graphics card (PCI or AGP) will install over the other card, you just disable it in the BIOS or Device Manager.

PZEROFGH · 05-31-2006, 05:28 PM

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Originally posted by talldude123
No, the graphics card (PCI or AGP) will install over the other card, you just disable it in the BIOS or Device Manager.

Yup, PCIE, PCI, AGP

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