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Question posted by brwyse on August 15th, 2015

New Graphics Card Needed

I want to update the graphics card in this model. Any idea which one would be the best one to buy. I have an acer aspire ax1400-e3802 with a processor amd athlon II x 2 220. The card that is in it now is a NVIVIA geforce 6150se nforce 430. Thanks

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Answer #1: Posted by TheWiz on August 15th, 2015 11:13 AM

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Unfortunately you won't be able to get much of an upgrade since it requires a low-profile graphics card. They aren't very common and they're usually fairly low-end cards. Honestly I think the card you have in there is about as good as your're going to get.

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