my motherboard isn't PCIe compatible. Should I buy a new motherboard, or scrap the whole idea. I wanted to upgrade so I can play new games on my PC like Battlefield 2142, but to do so I need a new graphics card, and a Hi Def monitor to play on. That's another couple hundred bucks there. SHould I invest in buying an entire;ly new PC, or go for the monitor and new motherboard?
2007-02-01 08:33:24 · 5 answers · asked by niftygecko 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
I wouldn't recommend eating a graphics card.
2007-02-01 08:38:30 · answer #1 · answered by hoohoonick 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It really depends on the type of computer that you have. If you have a Dell then upgrading the motherboard would not be suggested at all. If you have a self-built system then upgrading the parts _can_ be a possible way to go if you know how to do it. I wouldn't suggest upgrading you motherboard if you've never done it before.
Personally I'd wait a few months since there are more models of video cards coming out pretty soon that will be full compatible with the new version of Direct X (10). After they come out, then I'd think about upgrading.
Keep in mind the newer motherboards more than likely using a different type of memory than what you have in your system right now. More than likely with a AGP motherboard you have DDR memory. Newer motherboards use DDR2. So you are looking at new motherboard, new memory, new CPU, and new video card. You are pretty close to buying all of the most expensive parts of a computer and it might then make more sense to just buy a whole new system.
2007-02-01 09:03:20 · answer #2 · answered by hansh0t1st 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are two main reasons to care about PCI-Expres: 1) PCI is now an old standard dating back to the early 90's and no longer fits our needs in terms of speed/performance. 2) AGP also is in a similar position as PCI now, and chipset manufacturers are killing AGP motherboard support in favor of the much faster PCI Express interface. This means you are looking at a forced transition in the graphic sector, thus you really don't have a lot of choice in the coming years.
While we've spent plenty of time and energy improving the speed of processors, memory, and other parts of the PC we've done virtually nothing with the main connection betweern many devices-PCI. As such we are stuck with a technology in our PCs and Servers that still runs at the speeds and bandwidth we were comfortable with in the 90's. PCI as we know it is holding us back - it is a bottle neck - a limitation to the maximum performance of our systems.
We all want the most from our PC. To get the most out of our PC we must remove all bottlenecks (obstacles to performance). To that end we must turn to the next best alternative: PCI Express.
Get the new motherboard now!
2007-02-08 16:38:25 · answer #3 · answered by President Kira 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Pcie boards dont cost alot and Pcie cards are the best now. you can get a good pcie board for like $80 to $300. i just got a new board for my amd . it was a biostar gforce 6100-m9. it cost like $85 on tigerdirect .
2007-02-07 14:14:46 · answer #4 · answered by otakuphill 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try throwing it off a cliff :) worked for me
2007-02-08 08:51:14 · answer #5 · answered by Mark G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋