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Question posted by nylen12 on November 25th, 2012

What Type Of Graphic Card

What types of graphic cards can you buy for this computer

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Answer #1: Posted by tintinb on January 31st, 2013 12:42 PM

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According to the product specifications provided by the suport website of HP Compaq, Compaq dx2400 has a single PCI Express x16 slot. This slot can be used for graphics card with PCI Express x16 interface. The full speficiations of this desktop computer can be read here:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01759467&lang=en&cc=us&taskId=101&prodSeriesId=3658372&prodTypeId=12454

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