Is This Good?
- Thread starter Fire
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Blue said:
I ony heard rumors from people about it, and read a few articles saying they would bundle an adapter for eople still using AGP boards. But i have yet to hear ANYTHING about it and no news as of yet...so maybe they abandoned the idea now that they came out with mobos that support it. maybe they thought the mobos would come out b4 the cards or something.
Fire said:
" I think you're confusing two different standards, PCI X and PCI Express (be
sure to thank Intel for the confusing terminology). PCI-X is regular PCI
extended to 64-bits and any of several higher clock speeds. PCI Express,
aka "PCI-E" is a completely different standard that is not
backward-compatible with any existing PCI hardware.
A PCI-X board is supposed to fit in a regular PCI slot and work, possibly
with reduced performance, and vice versa. A PCI-E board will not fit in a
regular PCI slot nor will a regular PCI board fit in a PCI-E slot.
PCI Express x1 uses one wire pair to carry data a little faster than regular
PCI. There's also x2, x4, x8, and x16. PCI-E video boards use x16, which
is a good deal faster than AGP 8x, but if you're not using a video board in
it that same slot can be used for some other type of PCI-E device. "
That explain it? PCI-E will not work on a regular PCI slot. PCI-X willl though supposedly. sry bout the purchase.
Fire said:
You could cancel your order. Most sites will do that no charge. a 9600PRO or XT is nder $140 i thought, check www.newegg.com or somewhere good.
I have a PCI-X and it's in a normal PCI slot.....but PCI Express will not work 
as 4W4K3 already pointed out.
Yes but if you were to get it off say...EBAY then well it'd be up to the person if you could cancel it But getting it ordered from a shop, they should cancel it no probs
as 4W4K3 already pointed out.
Yes but if you were to get it off say...EBAY then well it'd be up to the person if you could cancel it
But getting it ordered from a shop, they should cancel it no probs 
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=property&DEPA=1
outta my price range =( wont it just feed off my 1GB of Ram then if it needs it? our is this a issue needed to be adressed?
EDIT: Why Not nVIDIA?!? I cool without it though! what is better for gaming?
outta my price range =( wont it just feed off my 1GB of Ram then if it needs it? our is this a issue needed to be adressed?
EDIT: Why Not nVIDIA?!? I cool without it though! what is better for gaming?
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