PCI express graphics card

[Kyo Makino]

Just wondering, how do I know if my computer is compatible with one? Is there any way I can find out for future reference?

[Tweong]

If you have a PCI express slot, you can use the card. If not, nope sorry.

[Kyo Makino]

Gotch ya. Thanks

[Maverick-DBZ-]

I'm almost 100% sure you don't have one since they have only been on the market for a few weeks.


There is no point in getting a PCI-e enabled motherboard and a PCI-e 3d card yet since the current generation of 3d cards are barly faster than there AGP 8X counter parts. I'd a couple more years and the PCI-e will be worth getting.

[Mister Xiado]

I wouldn't go out and get a PCIe board just yet, either. Early adopters get ******** in the end.

[Ganmou]

And besides that all.....PCI-e 8x is equivalent to AGP 8x in speed. Which is allready available for graphic cards. So that would not be a wise choice, if you wanted to do it ONLY for graphics.

Source: Microsoft

[Yami no Hitokiri]

If I hold off til 06 to get a new comp, would PCI-Express be a good deal by then?

[Maleko]

Shinobi_1977

If I hold off til 06 to get a new comp, would PCI-Express be a good deal by then?

if it's still around then, probably yes.

[Darkphantom]

Shinobi_1977

If I hold off til 06 to get a new comp, would PCI-Express be a good deal by then?

I wouldn't wait that long. But it is an alkward stage to get a new computer. at the moment you've got transition into alot of things whitch are in there early stages.

64bit
PCI-E
DDR2 For motherboards.
DVD-RW are coming into fashion.

I suppose its always like this in the computing world but it seems somwhat worse right about now

[Eddy Vortex]

I want oget a PCI slot for my pc..I'm stuck wiht..I think its called AGP?

its this crappy integrated crap..al stuck on the motherboard..shitty chips, and not worth the material they are made from.

I would wait if I was you as well. no sense in getting one if you don't even have the slot for it.

[Twistex]

Shinobi_1977

If I hold off til 06 to get a new comp, would PCI-Express be a good deal by then?

Possibly, since we've been sticking with standards for so long. By then, intel should be pumping out a desktop 64 bit processor, 2 GB should be standard in mst Pc's, and the newer graphics cards might be riding a high bandwidth PCI-E bus. Or a new standard, but I doubt that. AGP 8x should tide you over until then, unless you're a really hardcore gamer. wink

[ChouchoCelia]

Darkphantom

I suppose its always like this in the computing world but it seems somwhat worse right about now.

That's because PCIe is the biggest architechtural change to PCs since 1992.