agp and pcie mobos

[robina_80]

can anyone help me why do pciXpress mobos only have 3 pci card slots and a agp mobo have 7 pci slots?

 

[Blue]

There's no agp port because the Pci express slot/slots replace the agp and the amount of slots has more to do with the particuler form factor of the board your looking at.

 

[robina_80]

yeah but every mobo i look at which is pcie has max of 3 pci slots and agp mobos(i know old) have 7 pci slots

 

[Yeti]

You're neglecting the PCI-e 1x. Generally the new mobos that support PCI-e will have the one PCI-e 16x a few PCI-e 1x and a few PCI slots. The total slots are usually the same as a comparable agp board.

 

[Praetor]

agp mobos(i know old) have 7 pci slots

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They do?

 

[Blue]

I think on "Average" most agp mobos (not tooooooooo old) have aprox. 5 pci slots on a decent full size ATX board.

I'll be happy with my agp board for at least 2 years I'm thinking so they are not all that old ;-).

 

[Praetor]

I think on "Average" most agp mobos (not tooooooooo old) have aprox. 5 pci slots on a decent full size ATX board

Quite correct hence my surprise

 

[brotherstan1k4]

well dont pcie have liek a lil extra port above/below like 1-2 inch long in place of another pci??? so itll look liek this
_______________ - main one
___ - lil dingyport below
???? not very acurate but isnt that how it is???

 

[mgoldb2]

can anyone help me why do pciXpress mobos only have 3 pci card slots and a agp mobo have 7 pci slots?

I seen pci-e x16 boards with 4 pci slots.

 

[Yeti]

I seen pci-e x16 boards with 4 pci slots.

And I've seen AGP boards with 3 PCI slots (it was called a mATX or something )

 

[robina_80]

thanks for looking it up for me m8

 

[Praetor]

And I've seen AGP boards with 3 PCI slots (it was called a mATX or something

And ive seen them with 2 PCI slots (usually OEM boards will have 2-3 of them only)