I wanted to buy a graphics card but I don't know where the PCI express bus is?
2006-12-27 06:50:37 · 4 answers · asked by dman 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Listen. You have to be very careful when you buy graphic cards. If your motherboard supports AGP graphic card and you buy PCI-Express type of grahpic card, it would not fit in. How do you know if your current graphic card is AGP or PCI-Express? Go to [Start] -> [Run] -> Dxdiag (Enter) Then go to "Display" Tab and see if it supports AGP (it will say 2x,4x,8x or etc.) So check that first. Once you know your mother board supports PCI-Express bus, you can open up the computer and see where the thing is. Find your moniter cable and track it down to the computer base. Open up the case, and see which device the cable is connected to. That's right. You just found your video card. So that's where your new video card will be installed.
2006-12-27 07:01:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
On the motherboard. Are you capable of opening up your computer, removing the existing graphics card, and installing a new one?
More importantly, do you know if your mobo supports PCI Express? And is it Express x1, x2 or x16? Your mobo has to support precisely the correct one. And it should not be taken up by something like a sound card.
2006-12-27 14:55:17 · answer #2 · answered by csanon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only newer motherboards have PCI Express slots. The slots are located on the motherboard itself (which is inside the case).
Don't get PCI Express confused with regular PCI...they are totally different.
2006-12-27 14:53:05 · answer #3 · answered by Yoi_55 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PCI_Bus is the place you shove the videocard in, it is brown and on the inside of the computer, but let somebody do it for you, might be saver
2006-12-27 14:53:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋