Does pci work in PCie 2?

MumboJumbo · 6 Dec 2007 at 14:55

What card is similar to a 6800? a 7300?

Hey well im upgrading my pc but buying all but the new GTS to be ordered for saturday so i can buiold it all as this pc is really getting to me it soooo slow.

Anyway, its a 3 year old 6800GT and i think its PCI as i just looked in device manager and it says:

"Location PCI bus 1, device 0, function 0"

I presume that means its PCI as i dont really know.

Will it fit into the PCIe-2 slot in a abit quadGT ?

Dont really want to have to buy another graphics card for a few days.

If i need to buy one are the 7300s the same as the 6800GT?

:EDIT:

Just checked and the pc lied its agp and i dont think PCI works in PCI-e anyway now i think about it. So is a 6800 GT and 7300 GT the same performance abouts?

Teaf · 6 Dec 2007 at 14:56

Yes, they are the same slot in shape / size. PCI-E 2.0 cards are backwards compatible to PCI-E 1.1 and PCI-E 1.0, and the same for motherboards.

MumboJumbo · 6 Dec 2007 at 15:13

No im talikig about PCI not PCI-e and i dont think it is backwards compatible.

Plus i just checked in the pc as i desided to make sure and it is AGP not PCI even though my pc is telling me its PCI grr.

So what card is similar to a 6800? a 7300?

Bikerz · 6 Dec 2007 at 15:21

My old 7300GT works in my new P5KC mobo, if that helps?

MumboJumbo · 6 Dec 2007 at 15:26

LOl no not really.

Im now trying to find out what card is the cheapest for the same performance as the 6800GT

Ati or Nvida i dont mind.

paradigm · 6 Dec 2007 at 15:27

7600GS is about the same performance. 7300GT is notably slower.

7600GT is a bit quicker than the 6800GT

MumboJumbo · 6 Dec 2007 at 15:34

Thanks, what about the ati cards? They seem cheaper as really dont want to spend anotehr 50 quid ontop of 1200 quid when the card will be used for under a week lol.

paradigm · 6 Dec 2007 at 15:40

X1650 PRO (£35) is about the same as a 7600GS.

MumboJumbo · 6 Dec 2007 at 15:43

Thanks youve been very helpful. But mm im guesing its turbo memory and infact only has 128mb perhaps? Id like to be able to play bf2, rb6, c&c3 really nothing that heavy.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-082-OK&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=776

paradigm · 6 Dec 2007 at 15:45

No, the X1650's weren't hypermemory/turdocache cards, that was the X1050's, 1350's and 1550's IIRC.

That's a geniune 512MB GDDR I think.

MumboJumbo · 6 Dec 2007 at 15:49

MM sounds good, thanks. Even if its not its only 35 quid and a week

Cheers mate

paradigm · 6 Dec 2007 at 15:52

Looks like it will be a nice machine (in two weeks time

)

MumboJumbo · 6 Dec 2007 at 16:16

It better work or ill cry lol.

LoadsaMoney · 6 Dec 2007 at 20:14

6800 GT will work fine as its PCI-E, they aint made PCI gfx cards for eons.

Ahh just seen its AGP, wont work at all then, and PCI cards wont work in PCI-E slots as they different.

[PTG]shogun · 6 Dec 2007 at 21:29

onboard

If your only planing on using it a few days anyway whay settle for a V.cheap GFXcard just to change it?
dont MB's still have onboard?

And thats a similar spec to what im building (but u allready new that

)

paradigm · 6 Dec 2007 at 21:35

Decent motherboards don't have onboard.

[PTG]shogun · 6 Dec 2007 at 21:43

fair enough I noobed

looks like ive never ha a decent MB then.

paradigm · 6 Dec 2007 at 21:56

8igdave, have you bought a card yet?

If not, you can have my old 6600GT if you like, granted, the performance isn't that of a 6800GT, but it means you need not waste money.

MumboJumbo · 6 Dec 2007 at 22:52

Thanks for the offer but ive got my finger on the order button and just bout to click it. Your a good guy.

And nick (shogun to you people) i think i shall quote that you noobed and hold that against you forever

Nick tatus said:
I noobed