bagman
05-10-05, 11:45 PM
Hi there
I'm in the process of putting together a new system and, trying to future proof myself, am leaning to PCI Express.
Being a novice on the subject I'm wondering, apart from a graphics card, what other components must be PCIE compatible ??
Do I need a special power supply with the PCIE graphics card ?? Assuming I use Windows XP and a nVidia card, are the XP drivers on the nVidia site for use with both AGP and PCIE ??
Any other pitfalls to be aware of and any suggestions for a motherboard ?
I prefer Intel as my CPU
Apart from getting a PCIE graphics card can some of my existing PCI devices ( e.g.Sound card, Network, Firewire etc ) from my AGP based board be installed in the PCIE board ??
Thks for yur help
I'm in the process of putting together a new system and, trying to future proof myself, am leaning to PCI Express.
Being a novice on the subject I'm wondering, apart from a graphics card, what other components must be PCIE compatible ??
Do I need a special power supply with the PCIE graphics card ?? Assuming I use Windows XP and a nVidia card, are the XP drivers on the nVidia site for use with both AGP and PCIE ??
Any other pitfalls to be aware of and any suggestions for a motherboard ?
I prefer Intel as my CPU
Apart from getting a PCIE graphics card can some of my existing PCI devices ( e.g.Sound card, Network, Firewire etc ) from my AGP based board be installed in the PCIE board ??
Thks for yur help