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savj14:
How can I tell if I have a PCI, PCI-E, or AGP motherboard??
MY computer is about a year old so chances are its either PCI or PCI-E
Would I have to buy a brand new PCI-E motherboard if my current motherboard is PCI???
krick:
Here's a few links on PCI-Express
http://www.answers.com/topic/pci-express
http://www.matrox.com/mga/workstation/3dws/products/agp_pci_pcie.cfm
http://www.directron.com/expressguide.html
http://www.gen-x-pc.com/pci_basic.htm
NightGod:
AGP
PCI-E
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savj14:
http://support.gateway.com/s/PC/R/3725/3725sp3.shtml
I guess this means I have the PCI-E, considering my current video card is a 128 MB ATI Radeon X300 SE PCI-Express :applaud:
pointdablame:
--- Quote from: savj14 on August 18, 2006, 09:54:36 am ---How can I tell if I have a PCI, PCI-E, or AGP motherboard??
MY computer is about a year old so chances are its either PCI or PCI-E
Would I have to buy a brand new PCI-E motherboard if my current motherboard is PCI???
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You now know your motherboard is a PCI Express, but I just wanted to clear up something in case you ever needed the info later on.
You're not looking at either a "PCI or PCI-E" PCI slots are much older than either AGP or PCI-E, and there will be regular PCI slots on BOTH an AGP or PCI-E motherboard. Don't get that confused. PCI cards will include USB cards, modems, LAN cards, sound cards, etc etc.
We're talking Video cards, which will run on either an AGP slot or PCI Express (there are PCI video cards, but for the scope of this conversation, we don't need to get into that. They are only used these days as secondary cards for multiple monitors/displays).
So dont look for "PCI vs PCI-E" You'r going to find PCI slots on every motherboard out today. It's AGP vs PCI-E you need to be looking at.