Negwein Registered User
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(3/25/04 6:03 pm) Reply
Graphics card help
im trying to tell if my graphics card bus is AGP or PCI..
does it matter?
could i put a graphics card into any of the white PCI slots?
Help.. im a newb with this!
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(3/25/04 6:38 pm) Reply
Re: Graphics card help
Need computer specs.
If it's a brand name, what's its make and model?
If you have your computer open already, then look at this picture. Your board should be similar (or like this one if it's a MicroATX board).
The white slots are the PCI slots, and the offset brown slot between the PCI slots and the chipset heatsink is the AGP port. Here's an example of a MicroATX board that doesn't have an AGP port.
Negwein Registered User
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(3/25/04 7:05 pm) Reply
Re: Graphics card help
ok my computer is has an Asus ME-99VM with Intel Processor
SiS620 chip or something for graphics.. hope this helps
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(3/25/04 7:51 pm) Reply
Re: Graphics card help
It doesn't have an AGP port; you'll need a PCI card if you upgrade.
Negwein Registered User
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(3/26/04 7:15 am) Reply
Re: Graphics card help
thanks Ruccus
InvisiBill Registered User
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(3/26/04 1:14 pm) Reply
Re: Graphics card help
Here's some help for anyone else who might need it.
That's a pic of my motherboard, an Abit KT7A-RAID.
The black slot all the way to the left is ISA. The six white slots are PCI. The dark brown one near the middle of the board is AGP.
I don't know of any boards that have multiple AGP slots. Most boards don't have ISA slots anymore either. So it's probably safe to assume that if you have several of the exact same kind of slot, they're PCI. If you have one different slot above those, that one's an AGP slot. All three slots are different distances from the back of the PC, so you'd have to do some major hacking to get any type of card to fit in another type of slot inside your case...
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