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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: Dadano on January 07, 2007, 08:15:34 PM

Title: Vid Card Interface...
Post by: Dadano on January 07, 2007, 08:15:34 PM

Yo!

I have a Tyan server mobo with duel 1.7 ghz xeons. The mobo has 4 PCI-X slots and one standard PCI slot.
The mobo specs can be found

here (http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderi7500_spec.html)

The question is whether or not I can throw a PCI-Express vid card in it.
Are these two interfaces different?

Any insight is much appreciated.

-Dano

Title: Re: Vid Card Interface...
Post by: OOZ662 on January 07, 2007, 09:41:12 PM

Quote

Originally posted on Wikipedia
PCI-X (Peripheral Component Interconnect Extended) is a computer bus and expansion card standard designed to supersede PCI. It is essentially a faster version of PCI, running at twice the speed, and is otherwise similar in physical implementation and basic design. It has itself been replaced in modern designs by the similar-sounding PCI Express, which features a very different logical design.

Title: Vid Card Interface...
Post by: Dadano on January 07, 2007, 10:12:28 PM

Good deal...

Is there such thing as a PCI-X vid card? Where might I find one?


Dano

Title: Vid Card Interface...
Post by: Dadano on January 07, 2007, 11:03:50 PM

Nevermind, I get it. Time for a new mobo