How To Install Graphics Cards?
If you have a computer that you originally bought for business
but later decide to play games on it, you may find that it can’t
keep up with the graphics demands. Eventually, if you want to be
able to get full use of the machine instead of just using it for
work, you’re going to need to upgrade the graphics card. Once
you’ve found the card that can handle everything you want to throw
at it, there are just two things left: Finding out how to install
graphics cards, and of course, actually doing it.
Fortunately, installing a graphics card yourself is easy. To
help with the how-to part, here are the simple steps of how to
install graphics cards.
1)Uninstall the drivers from the old graphics card. This will
avoid potential conflicts with the new card, or the drivers you’ll
install for it later on in this guide.
2)Open the computer case. Ground yourself by touching the metal
of the case. Alternatively, you can wear an anti-static wrist
strap.
3)Find your old graphics card. If you don’t know which card it
is, look on the outside of the case for where you plug in your
monitor. The card that the socket is attached to is the graphics
card.
4)Remove the screw(s) attaching the old graphics card to the
computer housing. Save the screw(s) in case you either didn’t get
any with the new card, or you drop them into some inconvenient
place.
5)Gently but persistently, pull the old graphics card out of its
slot. This may take some wiggling, but don’t wiggle it too hard or
you could damage the slot.
6)Take the new card out of its packaging and insert it into the
slot the old one came out of. Make sure to put it in using a
straight-on force, so it seats well.
7)Screw the card to its bracket or the computer housing, like
the old card was.
8)If it needs to be connected to the power supply, find an
unused power-supply dongle and attach it now.
9)Install the drivers for the new graphics card(s). The card
should have come with instructions specific to it, or if you have
Windows, you may be able to use the “New Hardware Wizard” for
this.
Once your new graphics card has been installed, you’re all set.
Enjoy your improved graphics and the ability to run better video
games at good frame rates.