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You'd have to open it up and see what PCI-E slots there are, and how much physical space there is for a new low-profile GPU.

But any new GPU will be hampered by the rest of the system.
Personally, I wouldn't put another penny into trying to make that thing 'good'. Have him save up for a whole new box.
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Is it this one?
http://www.cnet.com/products/acer-aspire-x1920-ur20p-p-e6700-3-2ghz/specs/

If so, any upgrades are going to be hard.

1. Already at max RAM of 4GB
2. SFF case, limiting your choices of GPU
3. Small PSU
4. Only 1 SATA II port
 
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My bro has the 2GB model so that's one.
We'd have to change the PSU then .-.
That 1 SATA breaks my heart.. but i guess, it'll be fine.
Can you recommend me a GPU that would fit in that thing?
The stock processor is LGA 755 and i don't think i can find any more of those things...am I right?
 
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You'd have to open it up and see what PCI-E slots there are, and how much physical space there is for a new low-profile GPU.

But any new GPU will be hampered by the rest of the system.
Personally, I wouldn't put another penny into trying to make that thing 'good'. Have him save up for a whole new box.
 
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I agree with USAF, don't spend anything trying to make that computer good. just save up some more money and start from scratch. I have a friend that has a small prebuilt like that but from dell and he couldn't even fit a reference GTX 550 in it. Im also gonna take a guess that it only has 1333Mhz ram, and a 5400RPM HDD, since the one listed also has that.

But yeah, since he seems willing to upgrade himself, I doubt he would have that much of an issue building his own. So just start from scratch with a budget of 5-600 or something. It will cost more but it will be better in the long run.
 
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