Re: AGP or PCI

Carlos

Read this.. http://webster.cs.ucr.edu/AoA/Windows/HTML/IOa2.html ..

If you are looking at the choice offered in BIOS for PCI or AGP graphics,
you select whichever you know you have.. please note that if you have PCI
selected, but an AGP graphics installed, the AGP graphics will NOT run at
PCI bus speeds.. the BIOS option determines where the system looks FIRST for
a video output device..


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Mike Hall
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User



"Carlos CZ" <raulxynwDeleteAllThis@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Malke,

"Malke" <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Carlos CZ wrote:

Hi group,

Is there a way to determine,

* If my machine uses the PCI bus controller or the AGP bus controller,
or, perhaps I have ... both?, althougth I think this last condition
is
not possible.

* If I have both, could I configure wich one I shall use?

When I see Device Manager, see by conection,
I see PCI, then after it, I see AGP controller before my monitor
items, but, I think, that in principle, only PCI controller cant help
any AGP graphics Card.

Well, I suppose, that if I have AGP bus controller, in device manager,
seeing by conection,
I should see "AGP bus" instead of "PCI bus", before many items connected
to
this controller,
because I think, this controller sends information to dispositives.

My Device Manager (seeing by conection) looks

PCI bus <--- I think this should read AGP,
if I have AGP bus controller
... conected items
... conected items
Via Tech CPU to AGP controller <---- for me this
is contadiction (*)
S3 Graphics Inc Card Savage 4
Plug and Play Monitor
... connected items
... conected items

(*) is contradiction because an AGP graphics card, should work very fine
only with
an AGP bus controller, and not so much with a PCI bus controller.

Well, I am puzzled for the posibility of changing PCI bus controller, by
the
AGP controller, and so
I should read AGP bus.

thanks very much, Carlos.

All computers have PCI slots. Most computers have an AGP slot (there is
only one) for the graphics card. If you have an AGP controller listed
in Device Manager, then your computer has an AGP slot. What is the
make/model of your video card? It will be listed in Device Manager
under the Display category?

What are you trying to do? I'm afraid I don't understand your last
paragraph.

Malke
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