I am going to get a video card, but I have no idea if I have the AGP or PCI slots. Can someone explain to me how I can tell the difference? http://www.emachines.com/support/product_support.html?cat=Desktops&subcat=T-Series&model=T3882 That is the link to the computer I have now if that helps any. Thanks
AGP, PCI, PCI express?
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jjsevdt
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according to the website you provided it's using integrated video processing which uses your systems memory and processor. Now and days it's very uncommon for a mother board not to have AGP.
You're not currently using the slot right now, but I'd be suprised if you didn't have at least that. Which, if you open your computer should be the brown connector above the PCI slots which are positioned towards the rear of the computer to allow access to the rear by connected cards.
PCI express (PCI-E) is relative new and for the higher end of computing. BAsed upon the specifications of your computer I highly doubt it has a PCI-E slot.
You're not currently using the slot right now, but I'd be suprised if you didn't have at least that. Which, if you open your computer should be the brown connector above the PCI slots which are positioned towards the rear of the computer to allow access to the rear by connected cards.
PCI express (PCI-E) is relative new and for the higher end of computing. BAsed upon the specifications of your computer I highly doubt it has a PCI-E slot.
If you look at the rear of the case where the small slots are located you would see the vga plug going to an expansion card there if one was installed. The link there shows that the system uses onboard video by default. The user guide that comes with the system can also be looked over at http://downloads.emachines.com/userguides/8511279_eM_NG3_chassis_HW_ref_en.pdf
You would have to go with a PCI model there since every reference points to the "integrated" onboard video. No information is available on how many pci slots or other information seems to be available.
You would have to go with a PCI model there since every reference points to the "integrated" onboard video. No information is available on how many pci slots or other information seems to be available.
fade2green514
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then my comp is uncommon lol... i dont have an AGP slot.
AGP is phased out by video card companies, but they are still designing motherboards with AGP... so basically in a year or two all AGP cards wont play video games on highest settings...
basically they wont be able to handle DX10 graphics well at all...
