Newb with Integrated Video/Motherboard Questions

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LedZepplin77

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Hey guys, long time gamer, new time builder. My Mom bought a custom-made computer with AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dal Core Processsor 3800+ 2.01 GHz with 960 MB of RAM. It also has a POS Nvidia GeForce 6100. What I am fearing is that this POS is one of those integrated video cards, is that true?

And if that is true, is it possible to add another(vid card)? Obviously I can't unsolder the video card, but I've heard it's possible to add another one if you have the hardware. How do I tell if I have another PCI or AGP slot? And if I did, what would be a quality video card to use with my mediocre processor?
Thanks guys!
 
Look and see if it has one of these slots. PCIe X16 slot. It doesnt have to be Blue.
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Or if it has one of these slots. AGP slot. It doesnt have to be brown either.
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If I bumped up the RAM to 2k, what would a good vid card be for it? I just want to be able to play most Steam games, do you think my processor is good enough for L4D?
 
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