Is my motherboard PCI-express friendly?

Taven

Taven

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Ok, so I'm looking at the GeForce 6800 and 7800 in PCI express, and I know that PCI express is really fast, but i'm not sure how to tell if my motherboard supports it, here's what CPU-Z has to say about my motherboard:
Manufacturer- ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Model- Diablo
Chipset- nVidia nForce3 150
Southbridge- nVidie nForce3 MCP
BIOS
Brand- American Megatrends Inc
Version- 3.07
Date- 3/13/04
Graphic Interface
Version- AGP Version 3.0
Transfer Rate- 8x
Aperture Size- 128 MB
Side Band- enabled

Can anyone tell from that if I can use PCI-express, or should I look for a different type like AGP?
 
Looks like you have an AGP board to me. Some of my friends run Radeon 9800 pro AGP cards and really like them. What do you have in your board now?
 
Now I just have a GeForce 5200, but i really would like a 6800 or 7800, but i'm not sure if i can get them in agp, or if my mobo will support the pci-e versions
 
No your motherboard wont support PCI-e, and I think that the 6600gt is the highest nvidia card available in agp.
 
Choice said:
No your motherboard wont support PCI-e, and I think that the 6600gt is the highest nvidia card available in agp.
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Acturally the 6800Ultra is the highest nvidia card made in agp and I know this for a fact since I own one. The best agp card I see out there proberly the radeon x850XT P even thoe I been told but have not seen it my self that the X1800 series will be release with agp versions also. If that true the x1800 would be by far the best but I have not personally seen it in agp yet.
 
i have the geforce 6800gt and that is also agp for the price to performance diffrence get the gt not the ultra but first make sure there is enough room on your motherboard because these two cards are very big they also require a seperate power supplie from your psu
 
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