The HP a1230n does not have a dedicated graphics card slot. It has three PCI slots and one PCI Express slot. Any of these could be used for a graphics card (the PCI Express is the best option) or other peripherals.
Accelerated Graphics Port (its a graphics card slot)
Also known as graphics card or graphics driver, the graphics "slot" is what generates your computer screen before it is sent to your monitor. In other words, the graphics driver is what makes you have the ablilty to see your computer screen.
A graphics card that fits into an internal slot on the motherboard. A basic graphics card is usually in a standard computer. A gaming computer will have a much more powerful graphics card, even one cooled by its own fan.
A processor of a computer does not interfere or limit to which kind of graphics card you can add. To find out which kinds of graphics card you can add, you need to open up your computer and find a x16 pci express slot. To find the slot you have to look around your motherboard to find a spot where it says x16 pc-express slot. If you have this slot, you should be able to add a graphics card. P.S. There are other factors to consider when adding a graphics card. For more information read below (related links).
A Graphics card - AGP stands for Accelerated Graphics Port
as long as the other computer has the correct expansion slot
All the computers pass signals to the monitors through a graphics card. And its your graphics card that controls the signals to the monitor. A graphics card may be integrated or installed in a VGA, PCI or ISA slot of the main board of your computer.
regardless of the motherboard and the graphics card type, installing a graphics card is standard. You need to find the pci express 16 slot on the motherboard. It should be the largest of the pci slots, and if you cant find them, you shouldn't be fiddling around inside your computer! Take out the metal cover on the case so it fits, and slot the card in until it clicks into place. Then start up the computer and install the graphics driver off the CD
theres no such thing as a free graphics card unless you dig it out of the trash...a graphics card is like a big computer chip that you put into your computers agp slot
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All systems have a graphics card. If one isn't in the slot to put one in, then you'd be using the one already built into the motherboard which aren't very good. Without a graphics card, your computer won't show anything.
You just have to find out if its a PCI, AGP or PCI-E slot graphics card, go to the store, buy one that matches your slot type. If your graphics card is intergrated you can download a program called Everest home edition and find out what slot it is.