Pci or Pci express help???

stacey89

Hi, i have recently bought a philips iqon.ie MS-7211 4.1, i was wanting to upgrade my graphics card but im not sure if it just takes pci or pci express or even both, i went into my control panel and tride to find out, i cant remember what page i got up but did see pci bus 1 but i really dont understand, so if anyone could help me out i would be very grateful thanks.

exup

if you open the case then it should say on the motherboard next to the PCI/PCI-E slot which it is - also whether its x4, x8 x16 etc.

fwor

Or have a look at the photo in Figure 7 on this page, which shows all of the common PCI and PCI-x variants:

http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/3767

basmic

Going from a little bit of Googling, I'd say it has 2x PCI slots (not PCI-Express) and an AGP slot - you use the AGP slot for graphic cards, as it is the slot with the fastest transfer speeds on that motherboard.

patman99

PCI-Express x16 slots are those used for graphics cards, they are usually a differant colour and have a locking mechanism on one end.

Mobeer

Inside the case, does it have a motherboard like this:

msi PM8M3-V


If so, it uses an AGP graphics card:
http://www.msicomputer.com/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=1&prod_no=250#
or
http://www.msicomputer.com/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=1&prod_no=234

patman99

If it is an AGP slot, then pm me as I now have a spare AGP graphics card I'm looking to sell.

glosman555

Try downloading PCWizard 2010 from here http://www.cpuid.com/ it will give you all the info on your computer.

stacey89

thanks for your answer!! problem solved