2007-05-09 05:41:36 · 5 answers · asked by seqeng 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
I should have been a bit more clear. I am an engineer and we are building a pci express interface that would plug into a pc. The video card market may be a good option. We are also looking for other ideas for pci express products.
One idea may be a small card that could plug into a pci slot and then convert convential pci to express so any user could upgrade his pci slots to express slots. The form factor would need to be worked on.
2007-05-09 06:37:39 · update #1
If thats the case, being you are an engineer, a device to convert your pc to pci-e capabilities wouldnt sell very well considering the device would only run as good as its pci counterpart!
2007-05-09 05:46:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What an idea!
The PCI bus is VERRRRRRYYYY SLOW for graphics use. Putting an adapter there is NOT a good idea. It will just bottleneck/slow down any good graphics card and make gaming a lot miserable for the user.
A better marketing idea might be to just bundle cheap boards (Sis or VIA w/ PCIe slots) w/ the graphics card and market it as a TOTAL Upgrade solution. Board and processor bundles are now common everywhere.
Well, just an idea from an enthusiast w/ lots of PC components all around me here at my PC shack.
2007-05-09 20:42:24 · answer #2 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One question first...Are you a high end gamer or just an average PC user?
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 / 128MB DDR / PCI / VGA / TV Out / Low Profile / Video Card is a good card for the average user and those who aren't into the high end first person shooter games.
Visiontek Radeon X1300 / 256MB GDDR2 / PCI / DVI / HDTV / Video Card is good for graphics in games.
2007-05-09 12:55:59 · answer #3 · answered by purplehaze57 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Video card
2007-05-09 12:46:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Nvidia 8800Ultra is a good PCI-express product.
But it is also $830 us.
2007-05-09 12:47:33 · answer #5 · answered by Bjorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋