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AGP or PCIe Arcade VGA, what do I need?
EwJ:
Can you post the make/model of the motherboard?
If not, do you have a pic? or a link to the auction if it has more info or any pictures?
If none of this is available, can you contact the seller and ask?
arzoo:
--- Quote from: boogieman on May 16, 2008, 04:58:48 pm ---Um... the auction I won it from says it has 3 PCI slots. Is this the same as PCIe?
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To answer your question, PCI is not the same as PCIe (PCI Express). PCI slots have been on motherboards since the early 90's whereas PCIe was introduced some time in the past 3 or 4 years. Prior to PCIe, motherboards used AGP slots for the video.
Perogy:
AGP
PCI-E
boogieman:
Here is a link to the computer I purchased: link
or here is the basic description:
Pentium 4 Small form factor computer - MicroATX
Intel Pentium 4 running at 3.06 GHz CPU (some are 3.08 some are 3.0 but most all are 3.06)
Gigabyte or ASUS motherboard, 512 Megabytes RAM memory (it is a gigabyte, I checked)
20 Gigabyte hard drive , CD-ROM 52X
Integrated video controller, Integrated audio controller
Integrated 100MBS Ethernet, 1.44M Floppy Drive
3 PCI slots, Serial port, Parallel port, Keyboard port, Mouse port
4 USB Ports (2 front accessible), Power cord
I took off the cover and Looked around a bit. I see 3 of the white slots, like in the second pic from perogy. I don't however see any of the other types. The auction says integrated video controller, does this mean it has neither type?
I d/l a program called AIDA32, to check my system specs. It says
--------[ Motherboard ]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Motherboard Properties:
Motherboard ID 09/25/2003-I845GV-6A69ZG0AC-00
Motherboard Name Gigabyte GA-8I845GV(-C)
Front Side Bus Properties:
Bus Type Intel NetBurst
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 134 MHz (QDR)
Effective Clock 536 MHz
Bandwidth 4287 MB/s
Memory Bus Properties:
Bus Type DDR SDRAM
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 100 MHz (DDR)
Effective Clock 201 MHz
Bandwidth 1607 MB/s
Chipset Bus Properties:
Bus Type Intel Hub Interface
Bus Width 8-bit
Real Clock 67 MHz (QDR)
Effective Clock 268 MHz
Bandwidth 268 MB/s
Motherboard Physical Info:
CPU Sockets/Slots 1
Expansion Slots 3 PCI
RAM Slots 2 DIMM
Integrated Devices Audio, Video, LAN
Form Factor Micro ATX
Motherboard Size 210 mm x 240 mm
Motherboard Chipset i845GV
Motherboard Manufacturer:
Company Name Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Product Information http://tw.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/Products/Products_NewProduct_List.htm
BIOS Download http://tw.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Support/BIOS/BIOS_List.htm
So... Looks like it doesn't have PCIe or ATP, so does arcade VGA come in plain PCI? (I may be wrong here though)
divemaster127:
Aracade vga only comes in pci-e or agp
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