Re: mobo with agp and pci express GPU



Vlad needs to go down to his local PC store and check the motherboard stock.

Plenty of boards support both AGP and PCI-E... but I don't think
simultaneously.

Here's an example:
http://www.ecs.com.tw/ECSWeb/Products/ProductsDetail.aspx?DetailID=491&MenuID=93&LanID=9

It's a good way to upgrade your motherboard while still keeping the older
AGP graphics card that you probably paid a lot of $s for. And you can get
the PCI-E card later.
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Cari (MS-MVP)
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"Vlad Katkov" <web.terrain@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ha, sorry my friend but that does not exist. You either get AGP, or
PCI-E. If you are upgrading I recommend you buy a motherboard with PCI
Express because it's a newer technology and has more cards available
for it, and you can even get two of them in SLI or Crossfire mode.



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