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12-16-2007
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| | PCI Video Cards I just ordered a new 8600 GTS NVidia graphics card. It says it uses PCI Express. Will this just plug into a PCI slot? I've never heard of PCI Express. |
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12-16-2007
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| | Re: PCI Video Cards Bob Shattler wrote: Quote: > I just ordered a new 8600 GTS NVidia graphics card. It says it uses > PCI Express. Will this just plug into a PCI slot? I've never heard > of PCI Express. fit in your motherboard :-( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCIE -- Annie___ (VM BB L)________________________________ http://find-out-more.brion.me.uk - http://email-me.brion.me.uk |
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12-16-2007
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| | Re: PCI Video Cards Bob Shattler wrote: Quote: > I just ordered a new 8600 GTS NVidia graphics card. It says it uses PCI > Express. Will this just plug into a PCI slot? I've never heard of PCI > Express. > Newer motherboards have PCI Express (PCI-X) connectors. -- Regards, Hank Arnold Microsoft MVP Windows Server - Directory Services |
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12-16-2007
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| | Re: PCI Video Cards That would all depend on your motherboard...chances are if it is 5yrs old or newer it is either pci express or agp.....Please provide the group with brand and model of your motherboard and that will get you more accurate info..... "Bob Shattler" <rshattler@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:7BB01B91-36F3-4B44-B83D-F11ED3AE89A7@xxxxxx Quote: >I just ordered a new 8600 GTS NVidia graphics card. It says it uses PCI >Express. Will this just plug into a PCI slot? I've never heard of PCI >Express. > |
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12-16-2007
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| Vista home premium 64 bit | Re: PCI Video Cards A five year old motherboard probably wont have a pcie slot. If you have a motherboard that old you may be advised to upgrade. There are some great cheap motherboard and cpu bundles. Are you going to run vista on this machine? |
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12-16-2007
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| | Re: PCI Video Cards My apologies,, Pci express came out in 2004...hopefully his board is that new "roy69" <roy69.31pkd2@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message news:roy69.31pkd2@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net... Quote: > > A five year old motherboard probably wont have a pcie slot. If you have > a motherboard that old you may be advised to upgrade. There are some > great cheap motherboard and cpu bundles. Are you going to run vista on > this machine? > > > -- > roy69 > > - Core 2 Quad Q6600 > - Abit IP35 Pro > - 4 x 1GB OcUK PC2-6400 C5 800 MHZ Duel Channel > - Leadtek GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3 > - CiBox TFT 22" Widescreen LCD Panel. 1680 x 1050 > - Creative X-Fi 7.1 PCI-E > - Antec 900 Ultimate Gaming Case > - Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Speakers > - Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Complient PSU |
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12-19-2007
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| | Re: PCI Video Cards Here is a picture of a PCI Express X16 next to 2 standard PCI slots. |
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