> i've been wondering this for a while now so i decided to ask here because
> you guys seem to know your stuff pretty well...so, here goes...
> how is a pci express graphics card different than a regular pci card? will
a
> pci express card work in my biostar M7VIZ card, or do i need a new
> motherboard? tia...
>
>

"J***@Smith.com" <xxxxs***@newscene.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 16:21:27 GMT, "joehandy1"
> <joehan***@insightbb.com> wrote:
>
>>i've been wondering this for a while now so i decided to ask here because
>>you guys seem to know your stuff pretty well...so, here goes...
>>how is a pci express graphics card different than a regular pci card? will
>>a
>>pci express card work in my biostar M7VIZ card, or do i need a new
>>motherboard? tia...
>
> You need a whole new motherboard.  The newest chipsets (or chip) use
> PCI express - like on the INTEL side and the new two makers of AMD
> chips for motherboards Nvidia (nforce4 series ) and VIA.
>
> If you dont want to upgrade your whole system then theres no point in
> getting a PCI express video card obviously. Theres no real performance
> gain and theres still lots of AGPs around. In fact ATI will be coming
> out with some AGP versions of their hot new boards supposedly soon and
> Nvidia already has them and their AGP cards are generally cheaper in
> the higher end (6800 series) though I think the prices are close in
> the lower end - the 6600 series.
>
>