Vista - PCI-E what is it?????????

**kiddieboy12** · 02-22-2009

what is pci e. iam looking for new graphic card. and i saw pci-e.

i have a ecs nettle mother board.

HP and Compaq Desktop PCs*-* Motherboard Specifications, MCP61PM-HM (Nettle)*

also. can i use a vid card that is more that 256 mb

**smarteyeball** · 02-22-2009

pci-e - Google Search

**MrNeeds** · 02-22-2009

ive been waiting for someone to do this smart, lol
Let me google that for you

**kiddieboy12** · 02-22-2009

no. i already did that/ but is PCI-E and pci express x16. what the differnce.

**skunksmash** · 02-22-2009

Quote: Originally Posted by kiddieboy12

no. i already did that/ but is PCI-E and pci express x16. what the differnce.

PCI-E is not the same as PCI.....

your PCIE (Express) slot is for your GFX card & runs with a x16 bandwidth, whereas your PCI slots, have a much lower bandwidth but will run your sound card or any other expansion card...

you can also get a variety of ''low performing'' PCI GFX cards, but theyre pretty dire..

as seen here.....

1) PCIE x1
2) PCIE x16
3) PCI
4) PCI

SK

**Dwarf** · 02-22-2009

Hi kiddieboy12,

Have a look at this article: PCI Express - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

**bruce2** · 02-22-2009

Quote: Originally Posted by kiddieboy12

what is pci e. iam looking for new graphic card. and i saw pci-e.

i have a ecs nettle mother board.

HP and Compaq Desktop PCs*-* Motherboard Specifications, MCP61PM-HM (Nettle)*

also. can i use a vid card that is more that 256 mb

Hi kddieboy, your mobo will support one pcie x16 gpu with however many mb of rams.

Hope this helps.

Bruce

**smarteyeball** · 02-22-2009

Quote: Originally Posted by MrNeeds

ive been waiting for someone to do this smart, lol
Let me google that for you

lol

**kiddieboy12** · 02-22-2009

ok. lemme reexplain.

i wanna upgrade, as u see i already have a geforce 6150 nforce 430 graphic card built in. when i bought it.

no since everything requires so much graphic on my pc. i have decided to upgrade.
i know i have a pci express x16 slot empty. so basiclly i know. i can buy any pci express x16 graphic card. but they need to fit my power supply.

but when i was on ebay(lol) i saw this guy selling all PCI-e. i looked it up on google. it talked about pci express. so i'm confused.

so just saw i want this

512MB Nvidia Geforce 8400GS PCI-e Video Graphics Card - eBay (item 330305359399 end time Mar-05-09 08:53:41 PST)

it says that it's a pci-e. m question

WILL IT FIT A PCI EXPRESS X16 SLOT?

also can i use ati?
my mobo is a ecs nettle

**Freelancer852** · 02-23-2009

Quote: Originally Posted by kiddieboy12

ok. lemme reexplain.

i wanna upgrade, as u see i already have a geforce 6150 nforce 430 graphic card built in. when i bought it.

no since everything requires so much graphic on my pc. i have decided to upgrade.
i know i have a pci express x16 slot empty. so basiclly i know. i can buy any pci express x16 graphic card. but they need to fit my power supply.

but when i was on ebay(lol) i saw this guy selling all PCI-e. i looked it up on google. it talked about pci express. so i'm confused.

so just saw i want this

512MB Nvidia Geforce 8400GS PCI-e Video Graphics Card - eBay (item 330305359399 end time Mar-05-09 08:53:41 PST)

it says that it's a pci-e. m question

WILL IT FIT A PCI EXPRESS X16 SLOT?

also can i use ati?
my mobo is a ecs nettle

PCI-E, PCI-e, PCI Express, etc... They're all the same. If you have a PCI-E x16 (x16 is the speed that the slot can run at, x64 is currently the highest) then you can use any PCI-E graphics card, even PCI-E 2.0 graphics cards (newer cards that use a new "faster" slot on some motherboards). If you have a PCI-E x8 slot (looks the same) you can still run a PCI-E x16 graphics card, the graphics card will just run at x8 instead of x16.

Yes you can use ATI PCI-E cards as well.

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kiddieboy12 Vista Home Premium 32bit 354 posts	PCI-E what is it????????? what is pci e. iam looking for new graphic card. and i saw pci-e. i have a ecs nettle mother board. HP and Compaq Desktop PCs- Motherboard Specifications, MCP61PM-HM (Nettle)* also. can i use a vid card that is more that 256 mb
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smarteyeball Vista Ultimate SP2 x64 : Seven Ultimate x64 1,688 posts	Re: PCI-E what is it????????? pci-e - Google Search
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MrNeeds Vista Home Premium x64 1,179 posts	Re: PCI-E what is it????????? ive been waiting for someone to do this smart, lol Let me google that for you
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kiddieboy12 Vista Home Premium 32bit 354 posts	Re: PCI-E what is it????????? no. i already did that/ but is PCI-E and pci express x16. what the differnce.
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skunksmash ultimate 64 SP1 2,182 posts	Re: PCI-E what is it????????? Quote: Originally Posted by kiddieboy12 no. i already did that/ but is PCI-E and pci express x16. what the differnce. PCI-E is not the same as PCI..... your PCIE (Express) slot is for your GFX card & runs with a x16 bandwidth, whereas your PCI slots, have a much lower bandwidth but will run your sound card or any other expansion card... you can also get a variety of ''low performing'' PCI GFX cards, but theyre pretty dire.. as seen here..... 1) PCIE x1 2) PCIE x16 3) PCI 4) PCI SK
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Dwarf Vista Home Premium 32-bit & Vista Ultimate 64-bit both Service Pack 2 W7 Pro RTM 7600 32 & 64 2,181 posts	Re: PCI-E what is it????????? Hi kiddieboy12, Have a look at this article: PCI Express - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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bruce2 Vista Ultimate 64 bit 584 posts	Re: PCI-E what is it????????? Quote: Originally Posted by kiddieboy12 what is pci e. iam looking for new graphic card. and i saw pci-e. i have a ecs nettle mother board. HP and Compaq Desktop PCs- Motherboard Specifications, MCP61PM-HM (Nettle)* also. can i use a vid card that is more that 256 mb Hi kddieboy, your mobo will support one pcie x16 gpu with however many mb of rams. Hope this helps. Bruce
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smarteyeball Vista Ultimate SP2 x64 : Seven Ultimate x64 1,688 posts	Re: PCI-E what is it????????? Quote: Originally Posted by MrNeeds ive been waiting for someone to do this smart, lol Let me google that for you lol
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kiddieboy12 Vista Home Premium 32bit 354 posts	Re: PCI-E what is it????????? ok. lemme reexplain. i wanna upgrade, as u see i already have a geforce 6150 nforce 430 graphic card built in. when i bought it. no since everything requires so much graphic on my pc. i have decided to upgrade. i know i have a pci express x16 slot empty. so basiclly i know. i can buy any pci express x16 graphic card. but they need to fit my power supply. but when i was on ebay(lol) i saw this guy selling all PCI-e. i looked it up on google. it talked about pci express. so i'm confused. so just saw i want this 512MB Nvidia Geforce 8400GS PCI-e Video Graphics Card - eBay (item 330305359399 end time Mar-05-09 08:53:41 PST) it says that it's a pci-e. m question WILL IT FIT A PCI EXPRESS X16 SLOT? also can i use ati? my mobo is a ecs nettle
My System Specs

02-23-2009	#10 (permalink)
Freelancer852 Vista Ultimate w/SP1 (32-bit) and Windows 7 Build 7000 (64-bit) 220 posts	Re: PCI-E what is it????????? Quote: Originally Posted by kiddieboy12 ok. lemme reexplain. i wanna upgrade, as u see i already have a geforce 6150 nforce 430 graphic card built in. when i bought it. no since everything requires so much graphic on my pc. i have decided to upgrade. i know i have a pci express x16 slot empty. so basiclly i know. i can buy any pci express x16 graphic card. but they need to fit my power supply. but when i was on ebay(lol) i saw this guy selling all PCI-e. i looked it up on google. it talked about pci express. so i'm confused. so just saw i want this 512MB Nvidia Geforce 8400GS PCI-e Video Graphics Card - eBay (item 330305359399 end time Mar-05-09 08:53:41 PST) it says that it's a pci-e. m question WILL IT FIT A PCI EXPRESS X16 SLOT? also can i use ati? my mobo is a ecs nettle PCI-E, PCI-e, PCI Express, etc... They're all the same. If you have a PCI-E x16 (x16 is the speed that the slot can run at, x64 is currently the highest) then you can use any PCI-E graphics card, even PCI-E 2.0 graphics cards (newer cards that use a new "faster" slot on some motherboards). If you have a PCI-E x8 slot (looks the same) you can still run a PCI-E x16 graphics card, the graphics card will just run at x8 instead of x16. Yes you can use ATI PCI-E cards as well.
My System Specs