PCI vs. AGP

Ballboy

I have a PCI express slot in my comp atm... I heard that the AGP was better..
Do you thiink I should change my mother board??
Thanks

djmarkus

Ehh.... i dunno who did ur research but, NO agp is a hell of a lot slower than pci-e.

Are you sure its not a ordinary pci slot you got there?

Ballboy

Ye actually I have a PCI slot...
Could you recommend any good motherboards with a PCI express slot..
Tanks!

djmarkus

lol... lets start from the beginning, what cpu u got? and memory?

Ballboy

P4 2.8 ghz and 1024gb RAM....

djmarkus

Wow, that alot of ram, if its a socket 423, you wont be able to get pci express without upgrading the prcessor.


If its any half decent computer it should have an agp slot, is it a dell by any chance?

Ballboy

How do I know if I have a socket 423??
I have a hp Compaq!!

djmarkus

I was guessing, what socket is it then? does it have an agp slot?

Ballboy

Sorry mate I dont know anything to do with motherboard sockets... Is there anyway to find out this easily???

djmarkus

http://www.cpuid.com/download/cpu-z-131.zip


download that, that will tell you what socket it is.

Ballboy

Where abouts does it tell u???

djmarkus

the package field

Ballboy

mPGA-478

TerrorFirmer

Socket 478

You should have an agp slot if its a HP computer, unless its a business model, which I doubt given the amount of RAM.

You won't get anything remotely modern if you only have pci, but with agp, there's still plenty scope for upgrading to a nice card that'll run modern games.

Ballboy

So do you have any advice on buying a motherboard for the socket i have??

djmarkus

you will need a new cpu to avail of pci-express im afraid

Ciaran500

Theres no speed increase between AGP and PCI express (with current cards, future cards might avail of the speed) so don't worry about needing to upgrade the motherboard, as long as it has an AGP slot.

Ballboy

No the probelm is that I hav just a PCI slot!!! So I think I should worry!!!

Endurance Man

Ballboy wrote:

No the probelm is that I hav just a PCI slot!!! So I think I should worry!!!

Ok, in a nutshell. You processor is old, they dont make very good motherboards for those chipsets any more. You have ONE option - buy a new motherboard with AGP slot and then buy a AGP graphics card. The motherboard is not going to be great but there is nothing you can do about that unless you want to buy a new CPU to!

djmarkus

There are still good motherboards for that socket, but you'll have to look on ebay.

I recommend the Asus P4C800-E. Excellent motherboard for overclocking

Endurance Man

djmarkus wrote:

There are still good motherboards for that socket, but you'll have to look on ebay.

I recommend the Asus P4C800-E. Excellent motherboard for overclocking

Ye, second hand/ebay of course but you aint gonna find many/any in the shops :v: .