davegi

Wondering if this card is pci2?? I have a 600mhz celeron,182mb ram, not sure if i have pci2 or epress, will pci2 or express work in a pci slot?

UncleMacro

This is the third thread you have created on the same subject. Please stop creating redundant threads. If you had only created one thread you would have noticed that some of these questions were already answered in one of the other threads yesterday. Please let the other threads die and just continue in this one so the answers only have to appear once. Since you missed it, here was the answer I gave you some time ago in one of your other threads:

So you can only add a PCI video board. Any PCI video board will do. It doesn't matter how much video RAM it has or whether it uses SDR or DDR video RAM. Unfortunately, the selection of PCI video boards is extremely limited.

The cheapest board you should consider is something like this 128MB Radeon 9250 which costs US$55 or this 128MB GeForce FX5200 which costs US$68. Unfortunately I'm pretty sure that they both have 64 bit memory which means that they are not very fast. All the PCI boards in that price range have 64 bit memory so they are all slow. They are still probably an improvement over the Intel 810 which you have.

The faster video boards use 128 bit memory but they are also hard to find and more expensive. This 256MB Radeon 9250 is US$89 and this 256MB GeForce FX5200 is US$94. Both of them are 128 bit boards which means they're pretty fast but unfortunately you also get stuck with 256MB of video RAM which you don't need.

Given that your computer is so old, you might consider whether it makes sense to be spending any more money on it. These video boards are PCI boards and so it wouldn't make sense to transfer them over to a new computer if you got one. At some point you just have to start over and get a new computer. This might be a good time to consider that option.

davegi

Thanks for your answer but I never asked On my other threads this quetion, I asked if i had a pci in the the forums. Furthermore I screwed up and made 2 threads of the sme thing, it was an aciident as my internet went down and ddnt thing the post went in.

My queston is Ive heard of pci express and if a vid card is pci express can i stick it in a norma pci slot which i now know i have?

norin

PCI and PCI-e are two different slots with different speeds i will find pics for you to show you.

UncleMacro

No. PCI-Express is not compatible with PCI. The only thing you can add to your current computer is a PCI video card.

norin

or you could also look into acquiring a new MoBo with either a PCI-e or AGP either 4X or AGP 8X.

btw can you send and post a picture of your motherboard so we can see the expansion slots available? then i or others here as well can explain which ones you have.

davegi

I dont have any pics but I have my motherboard info: IF THAT HELP[S, PLEASE NO REMARKS LIKE GET A NEW COMP

Field Value
Motherboard Properties
Motherboard ID 63-0316-119900-00101111-071595-WHITNEY$1AACC062_6WMM7 V2.0K
Motherboard Name Gigabyte GA-6WMM7

Front Side Bus Properties
Bus Type Intel GTL+
Bus Width 64-bit
Real Clock 67 MHz
Effective Clock 67 MHz
Bandwidth 533 MB/s

Chipset Bus Properties
Bus Type Intel Hub Interface
Bus Width 8-bit

Motherboard Physical Info
CPU Sockets/Slots 1
Expansion Slots 1 ISA, 3 PCI, 1 AMR
RAM Slots 2 DIMM
Integrated Devices Audio, Video
Form Factor Micro ATX
Motherboard Size 230 mm x 240 mm
Motherboard Chipset i810

Motherboard Manufacturer
Company Name Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Product Information http://tw.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/...oduct_List.htm
BIOS Download http://tw.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/.../BIOS_List.htm

norin

this is not a comment for you to get a newer comp. just a newer MoBo possibly a newer CPU for it as well

a good 939 board i fopud for you is here

uner 100$ as well.
http://www.globalcomputer.com/applic...198925&CatId=0

keep in mind if you get a new board you will have to go with mATX not ATX. "m" stands for Micro. micro meanign a fullsize ATX board will not fit at all in your computer. it the case was made for compactability.

this is a intel p4 board 478 for just over 100$ decent too. suports upto agp 8x
http://www.globalcomputer.com/applic...024712&CatId=0

davegi

Thanks alot for your help ill take a deeper look into these boards and see what i need.