Upgrade

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by earlook, Sep 24, 2017.

  1. earlook

    earlook Private E-2

    Have a zoostorm vision amd desktop with integrated graphics so can I fit a better graphics card,had it a few years but not serious gamer but think graphics could be better.
     
  2. mdonah

    mdonah Major Geek Extraordinaire

    Unfortunately, if you don't have a dedicated graphics card slot, there's no way to upgrade. I'm in the same predicament with my integrated Radeon R5 Graphics. It's actually part of the APU chip.
     
  3. Just Playin

    Just Playin MajorGeek

    Model number?
     
  4. Digerati

    Digerati Major Geek Extraordinaire

    Probably not. Understand all-in-one computers typically are just notebook computers with a large monitor. That is, they use notebook motherboards and they typically do not support adding graphics cards. There is no card slot or space in the back of the monitor where the motherboard is mounted. The model number might shed some light but if yours is like this one, then you are out of luck. You might be able to increase your RAM or swap the hard drive for an SSD for better overall performance but adding a graphics card is probably not possible.

    That should not matter if the motherboard supports a graphics card. It is not uncommon for folks to start out with a CPU that has integrated graphics then upgrade to a card when the budget allows. Adding the card typically disables the integrated automatically. Often you can even run with both for multiple monitors by enabling the integrated in the BIOS Setup Menu again. But as above, this assumes the motherboard supports adding a card and the motherboard is mounted in a case that has room for a card.

    And in either case, since graphics cards are often the most power hungry devices in our systems, adding a card often requires a bigger power supply too.
     

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