Can I put a video card in this computer?

I have a Dell Inspiron 530s and want to play Sid Meier's Civilization V.



I meet all but one of the requirements, a 256 MB ATI HD2600 XT Graphics card.



Can someone tell me if my computer can use this?|||You can. You have an open PCI express that will easily take a card of that level. You could probably get by with your on board graphics at low res.



Ignore mike. Apparently he doesn't know that you can add a card and disable the Integrated.|||Check if your computer has a PCI-E x16 slot. All motherboard's come with an integrated video chipset, but for anyone who wants a GPU they leave you a PCI-e x16 slot.



Then you can go buy a 70 dollar ATI Radeon HD 4830, which would be your best price/performance ratio.



So as long as it has that slot, it can. and it should, most computer's from 2005 and up do.



By the looks of it you can add one. it doesn't have to be that HD 2600XT, sense its quite old, it just has to be equivelant or better.|||Grab a 5670 or 6670.



GPU buyers guide

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7eUh7Bbz…|||NVM



LOL it's been about 7 years since I last touched desktops. Apparantly they're more advanced these days lol. Ignore me :)