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Question posted by bozleybailey on August 15th, 2011

Graphics Card For Pavilion A450a

I would like to install a 3d graphics card on my a450a but am not sure if I need an AGP card Or a PCI card. What kind of graphics card does the motherboard take?

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Answer #1: Posted by kcmjr on August 16th, 2011 4:39 PM

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AGP2 or PCI. APG will give you far better performance.

Specs here: http://h20566.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?sp4ts.oid=384501&docId=emr_na-c00057614&lang=en&cc=us

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