Im building a gaming PC and am getting a PCI express motherboard but they only seem to have 2 PCI slots when I need at least 3. Are there any PCI-E boards with 4 or more PCI slots?
2006-08-18 09:24:48 · 6 answers · asked by bruvvamoff 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Previously , in the days of pentium IIIs , all the facilities were to be added extra. for eg,if you want good quality display you go and buy a good display card (a pci card) , if you needed sound, buy a sound card, modem buy a modem (once again a pci card).
now it is the USB generation. most of the utilities come onboard, while other devices work on USB, so there is no use left for 100mhz pci bus,. instead the R&D people have worked out with the latest highspeed PCI-express bus, much faster and with a broader bandwidth.
2006-08-18 09:49:07 · answer #1 · answered by jignesh bhatt 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some motherboards come with two PCI-E slots, and most come with four plus PCI slots. If you have a micro motherboard you will only have two or three pci slots, so go for the normal size board. My Pc has six PCI slots and it's an ASUS
2006-08-18 09:34:51 · answer #2 · answered by dragoondf 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All you NEED for a good gaming machine is onboard LAN, onboard SOUND, PCI-E or AGP for graphics, leaving you one or two spare slots for say a TV tuner...
2006-08-18 09:40:38 · answer #3 · answered by creviazuk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because its it SLi and you can get two of the same cards and connect them together. like a 2-in-one type of thing. it will also work with one card if you dont want to get the second one.
2006-08-18 09:32:08 · answer #4 · answered by porscheracergt3 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What would you possibly need them for?
Decent boards have LAN built-in. Audio too.
Even if it didn't...What else do you need for gaming besides sound and net.
2006-08-18 09:33:54 · answer #5 · answered by _Kraygh_ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
pci is old news. there are newer technologies out now.
2006-08-18 09:29:49 · answer #6 · answered by digital genius 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋