Cyrus Dragonas
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Okay, I realize that the subject line isn't the most descriptive, but oh well.
I just bought a 3.2 Ghz dual core barebone, along with a 512mb stick of ddr2 533Mhz stick of RAM, and a PSU, along with the case. Everything was easy to install: Mobo just screws in, simple powercord stuff, etc. Okay! YAY!, new computer for me, right? Okay, so I go to reap the BFG 256mb GeForce fx5700 from my old compy, and, what? LO, AND BEHOLD! NO AGP SLOTS!
At this point, I cry like a 12 year old who's bike just got eaten by a monster that wants to eat his family next. (Little exagerration, and NO crying)
Okay, pull myself back together. I just have to buy a nice video card, even though I spent EVERY last cent on the barebone (paying for colledge and an apartment). I got it! I have a HUGE box of old computer parts, and there HAS to be a PCI video card in there, and that MAY hold me over until I get a better pci express card. None, except an old ATI Rage 3D.(didn't even fit in the case, BTW, but can if forced)
Okay, so, yeah. NOW I have to find a heatsink, but thats a different story, one which I think I can handle.
I consider myself a little more knowledgable than John Q. Public when it comes to computers. I just forgot that I had an AGP card in the heat and excitement of the new board and processor.
Okay, enough story; Is AGP better or superior to PCI in some way? What about PCI Express? I realize PCI is a bastard for gaming cards, and if I want to game, I'd be better off going with PCI Express (right?). I just am worried that I took a big blow, buying a board without AGP. Is PCI express newer? Is it sexier? Either way, I don't know whether or not I just made a big mistake, or what. I know it has an SLI bridge and all that good stuff. Right now, though, I'd like to know that I didn't just rape myself of ever having a better computer. The computer I took my BFG out of was only running 1.3 Ghz, so an update was MANDATORY. Is PCI Express just as good as AGP? I actually thought AGP was old. And, I have only a small amount of money to fix my mistake. I've looked at cheap cards, and found a few PCI only cards for about 35 bucks. I realize its not much at all, but right now, I can't even turn my computer on.
Is my old BFG useless now? I paid a good amount o' the moolah for it.
ANY thoughts?
Cyrus
I just bought a 3.2 Ghz dual core barebone, along with a 512mb stick of ddr2 533Mhz stick of RAM, and a PSU, along with the case. Everything was easy to install: Mobo just screws in, simple powercord stuff, etc. Okay! YAY!, new computer for me, right? Okay, so I go to reap the BFG 256mb GeForce fx5700 from my old compy, and, what? LO, AND BEHOLD! NO AGP SLOTS!
At this point, I cry like a 12 year old who's bike just got eaten by a monster that wants to eat his family next. (Little exagerration, and NO crying)
Okay, pull myself back together. I just have to buy a nice video card, even though I spent EVERY last cent on the barebone (paying for colledge and an apartment). I got it! I have a HUGE box of old computer parts, and there HAS to be a PCI video card in there, and that MAY hold me over until I get a better pci express card. None, except an old ATI Rage 3D.(didn't even fit in the case, BTW, but can if forced)
Okay, so, yeah. NOW I have to find a heatsink, but thats a different story, one which I think I can handle.
I consider myself a little more knowledgable than John Q. Public when it comes to computers. I just forgot that I had an AGP card in the heat and excitement of the new board and processor.
Okay, enough story; Is AGP better or superior to PCI in some way? What about PCI Express? I realize PCI is a bastard for gaming cards, and if I want to game, I'd be better off going with PCI Express (right?). I just am worried that I took a big blow, buying a board without AGP. Is PCI express newer? Is it sexier? Either way, I don't know whether or not I just made a big mistake, or what. I know it has an SLI bridge and all that good stuff. Right now, though, I'd like to know that I didn't just rape myself of ever having a better computer. The computer I took my BFG out of was only running 1.3 Ghz, so an update was MANDATORY. Is PCI Express just as good as AGP? I actually thought AGP was old. And, I have only a small amount of money to fix my mistake. I've looked at cheap cards, and found a few PCI only cards for about 35 bucks. I realize its not much at all, but right now, I can't even turn my computer on.
Is my old BFG useless now? I paid a good amount o' the moolah for it.
ANY thoughts?
Cyrus
