# Is it difficult to install a video card?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-difficult-to-install-a-video-card/479095>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 29, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-difficult-to-install-a-video-card/479095 "2008-12-29T18:49:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-difficult-to-install-a-video-card/479095/21 "2008-12-30T03:39:16Z")

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> [@Stealth\_Potato](#):
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> Actually, AGP has been obsolete for years now. PCIe (short for PCI Express) is the current top-of-the-line interface for video cards (and certain other expansion cards).

So has the GeForce FX 5500. Easily be an AGP board.

I think I may have misinterpreted your post.

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**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-difficult-to-install-a-video-card/479095/22 "2008-12-30T03:56:14Z")

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> [@Stealth\_Potato](#):
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> Actually, AGP has been obsolete for years now. PCIe (short for PCI Express) is the current top-of-the-line interface for video cards (and certain other expansion cards).

Just shows how long it’s been since I replaced a video card.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-difficult-to-install-a-video-card/479095/23 "2008-12-30T09:36:02Z")

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> [@drachillix](#):
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> 90%+ of the time thats all it takes

True, but it’s the 10% that bites you. Suppose the OP were to buy a lovely new Geforce 260 and find that his PC was AGP? Or that while he did have a PCI Express slot, the PSU didn’t have the right connectors and wasn’t powerful enough anyway?

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