[SuperStrongBad]

Hey there helpful tech people

I very recently bought a new pc. Its a packard bell. description in the specs bit. Since i bought it ive had trouble whenever graphics suddenly change or theres a lot running, and my music will stutter. This greatly frustrates me

Anyway ive found out that the pc has an integrated graphics part in its motherboard. The motherboard is an AMD Phenom 8550 with a Triple Core Processor (2.2Ghz) and it has an ATI Radeon 2100 integrated graphics...thing

I would be wanting to install a Xfx GeForce 6200A graphics card (which has 256mb onboard memory (i think).

I know the motherboard has ports for this graphics card, its just whether its possible (or advised) for me to do it.

Thanks in advance
SuperStrongBad

[lawson_jl]

As long as you by a card that matches the type of expansion slot your PC has then you will be fine. i.e. PCI to PCI, PCI-E to PCI-E. The 6200 series cards don't use a lot of power but make sure you have at least a 250 watt power supply. Also don't forget to disable your on-board graphics so your system will get back that shared RAM it's stealing from the system memory.

[SuperStrongBad]

Hey, thanks very much. This is fantastic news

Just one thing. How do i disable the on board graphics?

Is it in bios?

Thanks again

SSB

[lawson_jl]

With most computers you can select which video adapter to use in the BIOS. normaly it will give you a choice between On-Board and PCI/AGP/PCI-E depending on your computer. At the very least disable it in the device manger of the system.