New Graphics card... will it fit?

[nosushi4you]

I want to buy this card from newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150294

The only thing is, it says it uses a PCI Express 2.0 Interface. I don't know if my motherboard has that, so how would I go about checking?

[Tommi]

Download SiSandra

it tells you all you need to know..... It will be in motherboard section

[teeth_03]

I believe PCI-E 2.0 cards will work in a standard PCI-E slot,but it wont work at the performance level it was designed for

[Greyone]

Originally Posted by teeth_03

I believe PCI-E 2.0 cards will work in a standard PCI-E slot,but it wont work at the performance level it was designed for

yes, that is true

[nosushi4you]

Originally Posted by Greyone

yes, that is true

In that case, am I better off getting a normal PCI card, then?

[teeth_03]

I would imagine it would still perform just as good as any PCI-E card,but im not sure.

The PCI-E slot might bottleneck it too much compared to the PCI-E 2.0.

My opinion would be to get the 2.0 card,that way you could use it in a new rig if you upgrade your mobo in the future

[nosushi4you]

Alright, so according to that program I have 3 PCI slots (2 of them that are free) and 1 AGP slot. Hopefully this card will perform well. I'm gonna look for similar cards that use PCI, too. Thanks for the help.

[Hardrive]

Originally Posted by nosushi4you

Alright, so according to that program I have 3 PCI slots (2 of them that are free) and 1 AGP slot. Hopefully this card will perform well. I'm gonna look for similar cards that use PCI, too. Thanks for the help.

Then the best card that you can get is AGP

[nosushi4you]

Originally Posted by Hardrive

Then the best card that you can get is AGP

Well, I looked and it seems that there aren't many good AGP cards out there. Perhaps I will buy the original one that I posted. I don't suppose it would perform too badly...

[teeth_03]

go ATI

ATI has better AGP cards (anyone want to to argue that point lets go for it)

my suggestion-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102730

[Hardrive]

Originally Posted by teeth_03

go ATI

ATI has better AGP cards (anyone want to to argue that point lets go for it)

my suggestion-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102730

I will. I installed Catalyst on the All in Wonder TV card, and I had to reinstall windows.

Go nvidia

Originally Posted by nosushi4you

Well, I looked and it seems that there aren't many good AGP cards out there. Perhaps I will buy the original one that I posted. I don't suppose it would perform too badly...

The one you posted WILL NOT WORK. You don't have any PCI Express slots. PCI is not compatible with PCI express. Additionally, PCI is much slower than AGP (and AGP is slower than PCI express).

Get an AGP card, it is the best you can get with that motherboard.

[teeth_03]

alright-

I wonder how the 3850 would compare to either the 7300GT (has 512 memory)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814143102

or the 7600GS (256 memory)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130076

which is appearently the best nvidia AGP cards out there (the 6800XT might compare to these too,but im not sure).

I wonder which of the 3 cards is DX10 compatible

EDIT- The card I posted IS AGP,tho it requires a PCI-E power connect,but theres adpaters for that

[Hardrive]

Get a 7800, because those introduced GDDR3 memory, whereas those two only have GDDR2. However, newegg doesn't have them. For some strange reason, AMAZON (or all places) does:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000RUNOTM

Review:
http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/..._agp/page8.asp

[teeth_03]

the 3850 still gets better benchmarks,tho they might be from the PCI-E version

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/d...%2C1617%2C1563

note the lack of CF benchmarks for any 3800 card

[Hardrive]

Originally Posted by teeth_03

the 3850 still gets better benchmarks,tho they might be from the PCI-E version

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/d...%2C1617%2C1563

note the lack of CF benchmarks for any 3800 card

Who knows

I would go nvidia, and I'm guessing you would go ATI

[teeth_03]

well,im just pointing out that ATI kept making AGP cards a little while after Nvidia stopped,so IMO,they have much better higher end AGP cards than Nvidia does.

but Ill stop argueing,dont want to cause this poor soul's thread to get locked on account of me

[Hardrive]

Originally Posted by teeth_03

well,im just pointing out that ATI kept making AGP cards a little while after Nvidia stopped,so IMO,they have much better higher end AGP cards than Nvidia does.

but Ill stop argueing,dont want to cause this poor soul's thread to get locked on account of me

I wouldn't do that. Yet. Nobody is winning yet