If I buy an PCI express graphics card can I put it into the PCI express X16 slot?
and what is the difference between Video and Graphics Card?
2007-06-29 08:12:07 · 3 answers · asked by Lost User 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Yes, the graphics card using the fast PCIe interface should be plugged into the x16 PCIe slot.
The graphics card typically contain the 2D/3D processor and the video processor that is why it is interchangeably called a graphics card or a video card.
2007-06-29 09:43:10 · answer #1 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A video card and a graphics card are the same thing and yes you can not buy one to put in the other slot as long as the smaller car is in a bigger slot.
The PCI express has a very tiny section that gets plugged in to the motherboard while the PCI express x16 has the longer section to plug in.
2007-06-29 15:14:03 · answer #2 · answered by a3f_holla 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes pci express is pci x 16. you can see the differences in the slot size. the slot size increases as u go up from pci x to pci x16. video cards are made in pci x16. so it will fit in our pci x 16 slot
and video cards are the same as graphics cards they allow you to display images and plug in a monitor
2007-06-29 15:15:09 · answer #3 · answered by jcjunkact 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋