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Is "64-bit PCI" the same as "PCIe / PCI Express?"
I need to add a 2nd video card, and all my regular PCI slots are used up. The User Guide for the Precision 530 says I have two "64-bit PCI" slots. However, I can't find any boards called "64-bit PCI" at the stores. I do see a bunch of "PCI Express" or "PCIe" cards...will those work in these slots?
Chipstone
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March 2nd, 2005 23:00
The other PCI & PCI64 slots are designed for other cards: Sound Card, SCSI Controller and so forth. You cannot add another graphics card; you can purchase a graphics card that will allow you to install two monitors to one card (Dual DVI/VGA, you can even purchase AGP 8x & AGP 50 cards and they will work with the 530 WS; but that’s it.
The PCI Express card is for new motherboards that support PCI Express; the AGP/PCI-E technologies are not reciprocal:
Even with the new Workstation 670 you have the option to use the PCI Express slot or a re-wired version of the AGP 4x, but not both at the same time.
To my knowledge only motherboards embedded with the NVIDIA SLI chipset, the board contains two PCI Express slots, can have two graphics card installed and work simultaneously as one graphics card; but the technology only works with cards manufactured with the NVIDIA SLI Multi-GPU designation.
MajorKhaos
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April 6th, 2005 16:00
Message Edited by MajorKhaos on 04-06-2005 12:42 PM