AGP or PCIe Arcade VGA, what do I need?

[boogieman]

Do I need an AGP or PCIe arcadevga card?  How do I tell which one I need?

Thanks! 

[shardian]

You need to know what type of video card slot your pc has. If your pc is several years old, you will most likely have an AGP slot. If it is pretty new, it will have pciE

[boogieman]

Not to sound stupid, but how do I tell the difference?  I think the PC is about 3 years old.

Um... the auction I won it from says it has 3 PCI slots.  Is this the same as PCIe?  Sorry, I think this may end up being one of those "stupid" questions of mine 

[Ginsu Victim]

EDIT: Had to delete my response. You edited yours and it made me look stupid.

[Ummon]

You could google or search in Wiki 'video card' or 'video card format', etc.

[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]

Um... the auction I won it from says it has 3 PCI slots.  Is this the same as PCIe? 

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
dm

[boogieman]

  Damn computer!   

Well... anyways, I have a dell dimension 8200 that has an agp slot.  I could use it but prefer not to.

Is there a way to force my current "built in" video adapter to send out 15khz?

EDIT: Jeesh... this is about to make my head explode, tried powerstrip but cant find the arcade resolution, perhaps the wiki is out of date with the current version?  Tried to look up soft15htz but it didn't support the card.  I really want to use this computer because that is why I got it.  I am about brain fried right now.  Gonna go to bed now lol.

[Ummon]

Hmhmhm, you really should google what I suggested, and then cruise around from there so you know a lot more about basic hardware and applications. Short answer, though, is: no, agp is great. Try your card out, or get another.

[boogieman]

Hmhmhm, you really should google what I suggested, and then cruise around from there so you know a lot more about basic hardware and applications. Short answer, though, is: no, agp is great. Try your card out, or get another.

Actually I did, spent a few hours looking through different stuff, mostly agp vs pcie debates and such, but as far as I can find this computer has neither an agp or a pcie slot.  It has 3 pci slots and an onboard video chip.  So it looks like I am hosed as far as using an arcadevga goes...