I don't know what graphics cards work in my mac!

Hi!
I want to upgrade the graphics card in my 2006 Intel imac but I don't know what cards will work.
my specs are:
  Processor Name:          Intel Core Duo
  Processor Speed:          2 GHz
  Number Of Processors:          1
  Total Number Of Cores:          2
  Memory:          2 GB
  Graphics Card: ATI Radeon X1600

This is what I thought also. But, FWIW, someone in a similar thread in which I posted the same answer as Kappy, replied as follows:
This is not true iMacs use an mxm card it's also used in many laptops. You can buy cards on eBay and such and replace them my mxm 8800gs failed (really a gts) and I bought a used one with a ati 2600? Been a while so I'm not sure of the ati number. I did remove the card and put it in my iMac. I hate the urban myth that you can't change a card in an iMac is it's just not so. I do believe it has to be an apple card though and you might want to watch model compatibility.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2781236
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