Hi, I was wondering what kind of graphic socket I have on my computer; I think I see 2 sockets, one is easily identified as AGP, but I don't know what's the other one called. I've posted my motherboard (rev. 3.3 Thinkcentre) so could anyone tell me please?

According to this page, http://compreviews.about.com/od/mai... it has a PCI-express slot. However, I see no mention of an AGP slot, which makes me wonder if your computer isn't different. I would recommend you look at this image http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/cool... to identify the connector. -Ryan Adams http://RyanTAdams.com

Yeah, I read it. Thing is, yeah, I think it's a PCI socket, but I looked at a chart with the slot comparisons and it said the AGP was a "beige" colour, so I automatically thought it was. Good thing is, "The system thankfully comes with a PCI-Express graphics slot to allow the system to be upgraded." that it has PCI-E slot, so that must be that black bar underneath the PCI. EDIT: Oops. AGP's supposed to be brownish colour isn't it? My mistake. :( So it's one PCI-E and one PCI...hmm..okay then. The reason I wanted to know that was because I was considering an add-on graphics card (my Intel 82945G express chipset family is old) and I was wondering if my motherboard can handle the requirements of an nVIDIA Geforce 6 or 7? Thanks.

you need to think about if your Power Supply Unit is up to the job as some of these newer cards need a lot of power - check requirements for card that you chose. When checking slots, you can not go by the colours - there did seem to be some kind of standard on colours to make things east, but some makers seem to use different colours to make their products look flashy

Look at the link below to see what each type of slot looks like. http://www.scribd.com/doc/593/Types...

I opened the case and, to my disappointment, it can only output a total of 250W. Is there any card out there that's nVIDIA and is within these limits? (No less than Geforce FX and no better than Geforce 7) Thanks for your replies. P.S If I have to replace my psu, then that could be relatively easy to replace, considering if I can find out how to replace it, but I'd like to avoid it...for now. EDIT: "We were amazed to see that the GeForce 7 is faster and more energy efficient, as the GeForce 6800 GT requires more energy than the 7800 GT: 103 vs 117 W idle and 184 vs 189 W under load." - An article in Tom's Hardware. Oh wow, that's amazing! So that means, that my motherboard can handle more graphic cards than I originally thought! Awesome.

BUMP. I don't know too much about computers...*look at above message* need help getting new graphics card.