Your PC can play many games without the graphics card(many manufacturers have an inbuilt graphics card along with your motherboard). But installing a new graphics card can make lots of difference when it comes to gaming on a PC. Installing a new graphics card doesn’t mean that you’re rebuilding your PC, it’s just an extra component that has to be added to your PC. If you’re the one who has never opened the PC case. With a little help, anyone can upgrade or install a graphics card in a spare of 10 minutes or less.
The main thing one has to know before upgrading or installing the graphics card in your PC is to know the specification of your motherboard or PC case. The most graphics card which is sold today is connected to PC via the PCI-e slot on the motherboard. A typical motherboard has a lot of slots, but you have to use the one which is (x16) slot which is different from other slots like x4 slot. The components of the graphics card are given below.
Graphics card (GPU) Installation:
If you’re the one who wants to upgrade the graphics card, first you have to uninstall the older graphics card drivers which are already installed in your PC. After the drivers have been removed, its time to open up the PC case and get started by the following step.
Step 1: Before you install/remove the new graphics card, you need a basic toolkit like a screwdriver to open the PC case. First, you have to shut down your PC and then remove all cables(such as video, power, etc) and USB devices from your PC.
