Does my computer support a PCI video card?

I'm just wondering if my computer can use a PCI video card.Processor Intel® Northwood Up to 3.4GHz and above / Intel® Celeron up to 2.8G / Intel® Prescott 3.2 GHz and above / Hyper-Threading support / Intel: 400/533/800 MHz FSB

Chipset Intel 865G / Intel® ICH5

Memory 4 DIMM slot / DDR 400/333/266 SDRAM support / Non ECC support / Dual Channel Support / Max. Cap. Is 1 GB for each channel / 4GB total / PC 2100 / 2700 / 3200 DDR support

VGA Integrated graphics / 1 x AGP 4X / 8X slot

Audio AC' 97 codec 5.1 Channel/ Realtek ALC655

Serial Ata Intel ICH5, 2 ports

Onboard Lan Realtek 8101L 10/100 Lan

Expand Slots 3 PCI / 1 x AGP 8x

Onboard IO 2 x PS2 Connectors / 1 x Audio connector: MIC-In, Line-In, Line-Out / 1 x VGA port, 1 x COM port / 1 x (1 x RJ45 + 2 x USB 2.0) / 1 Parallel Port / 1 x (2 x USB 2.0)

Onboard IDE 2 Dual-Channeled Enhanced PCI Bus Master IDE Connectors Support Ultra DMA ATA 66/100

System Bios ACPI, APM, DMI, SMBIOS, PnP, USB, PC99, PC2001, Y2K Compliant

Form Factor uATX - 9.6" x 9.6"

USB2.0 8 ports (4 in rear and 4 in front)

IEEE1394 Agere FW323 2port



It says 3PCI slots so does that mean i can use a PCI video card? Thanks||| Yes.Your computer can with the graphic with video in can.But they run in different prices.|||pci is slow...but yeah you can put up to 3 on there....go with the AGP connector for a video card.|||Yes, if you want PCI video card, not PCI-Express.

your computer cannot support PCI-Express, it uses AGP 8x graphic card.|||You could use the PCI video card if you wish. An AGP video card I believe would do better job if your into gaming. AGP(Accelerated Graphics Port) is primarily for video graphics with the PCI being a general purpose slot which can be used with a variety of cards(Example: video, sound, network etc..).|||Yes, the ATI 3850 AGP is the fastest video card solution for your computer. You don't have PCI-ExpressX16 only PCI which isn't the same. AGP is faster than PCI. Just make sure you have a power supply with 400watts and at least 30amps on its +12V rail because that is what a systen running that video card needs. Should show you what your PSU has on the sticker on the PSU. If you don't have a big enough power supply then go with one of these. :

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…

If you buy an ATI 3850 make sure you get the AGP card and not the PCI-ExpressX16 card. It comes in both versions and you don't have a PCI-ExpressX16 slot.

Funny thing cuz I build and sell computers and I gave my daughter and her new husband a fresh built computer I was gonna sell when they moved back here 4 years ago. Has an ATI 9800Pro that was fine 4 years ago. I'm getting so sick of hearing my son-in-law whining about lagging in the new games that I'm giving them that same exact 3850 video card for Xmas along with a Corsair PSU.