video cards AGP/PCI

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mailliw

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How do you tell if your video card is AGP or PCI? Are they interchangable? What do the tell you?
Thank You;
mailliw
 
PCI, AGP, and PCI-E are all different slots on your motherboard. PCI (X2) is the older standard for many cards, including very low end video cards. AGP (X4, X8) is the old standard for only video cards, which is being replaced by PCI-Express (X16). None of these are interchangeable, and PCI-E is the best.
 
Burgerbob said:
PCI, AGP, and PCI-E are all different slots on your motherboard. PCI (X2) is the older standard for many cards, including very low end video cards. AGP (X4, X8) is the old standard for only video cards, which is being replaced by PCI-Express (X16). None of these are interchangeable, and PCI-E is the best.
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No, PCI has half the bandwidth of AGP 1x, and there is no such thing as PCI 2x

There is PCI, AGP (1x,2x,4x,8x) and PCI-E (x16).
 
PCI slot
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AGP slot- red one

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codeman0013 said:
ahh the brand new sparkley shiny clean mobo give it a few weeks it wont look so clean lol!
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yeah, and it will be completely phased out by pci-e... which i hate!!! i really can't afford a new mobo right now... i really hope that sapphire keeps making agp cards for a while longer, i need them to!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
maroon1 said:
No, PCI has half the bandwidth of AGP 1x, and there is no such thing as PCI 2x

There is PCI, AGP (1x,2x,4x,8x) and PCI-E (x16).
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And there is also pci-e 1x, 4x and 8x. The 1x slots are really small, while the 4x slots are probably half the size of a regular pci slot, and the 8x is normally only found on older sli boards, where a pci-e 16x slots just loses half its bandwith in sli mode. They don't make pci- 4x video cards, but I believe they do have some 1x cards now. This is a good picture for pci-e slots. The top small yellow one is a 4x slot, the one below it is a 1x slot and the big yellow one is a 16x slot.
 
My mobo doesn't look like that, it has three slots like the light one's, one used by modum card. The fourth slot is brown. My mobo specs list expansion slots 3 PCI slots and 1 AGP slot. Is the brown AGP and does this mean I can use a PCI or AGP video card? Or am I limited to a choice of only one kind? I regret I have to ask so many questions, but I don't want to pay $100.-$200 and it not be the right one.
Thank You;
mailliw
 
Yes the brown one is an AGP slot, and you can ONLY use an AGP card. In fact do you know what speed your AGP slot is, 2x, 4x, 8?
 
My mobo specs says AGP 8x/4x (1.5v).
And could someone tell me what some of the best brand names are. Maybe a few cards I could chose from, must be 256MB.
mailliw
 
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