i was thinking of buying a pci card for my computer but there are two types of pci cards ones like this ----- ----------- and the other one looks like this ----- ------------ ----- i have a slot like the one at the top ----- ---------- whick card do i buy does it really matter wat type of card i buy arent they the same
2006-10-05 23:26:23 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
thanx guys :)
2006-10-05 23:34:29 · update #1
Ok I think your thinking about pci and pci express. pci express is for gaming its a video card slot and pci is for other things like modems, sound cards, and other things.
So if your looking at getting a game card get the one on the bottom.--- ------------ ---and if you are getting something else get this one---- -----------hope that helps:)
2006-10-05 23:32:16 · answer #1 · answered by bungalo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh 3.3v PCI and 5v PCI, I'm not quite sure which is which but if the card can fit the contacts you should be able to use it (I never paid attention to it), there is also a version difference as one cycles faster MHz, check the PCI engineering paper if you so desired because I think no one can tell you exact answer here.
Un;ess it is PCI-E you are talking about; but they don't physically fit anyway they are located toward the back compare to regular PCI.
2006-10-06 12:59:31 · answer #2 · answered by Andy T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The one on top is the AGP slot for the video, the rest are PCI slots...
2006-10-06 06:31:04 · answer #3 · answered by JarmenKell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
pci cards are ----- ------------ -----
2006-10-06 23:46:01 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋