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    Technical question: motherboard doubt

    (I hope this is the place)
    I have a QDI p4i848p 6 year old (or so) motherboard, and I intend to buy a new graphic card; the board has an integrated geforce FX 5200 and it has worked fine in all versions of ubuntu since 7.10, but the online gaming has exposed some of its limits

    So, its specifications say:

    Slots > 1 AGP + 5 PCI

    But then it you can also read:

    Graphics > 1 AGP 8X slot (1.5V only)
    Transfer rate up to 2.1GB/S


    And here's my question: does that mean it only supports AGP graphic cards and I just cannot install a PCI one on some of the PCI slots?

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    Re: Technical question: motherboard doubt

    You could use either an AGP or PCI card the choice is yours.. I would suggest you look at somewhere like newegg.com for the cards.
    I've seen the future... I can't afford it.

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    Re: Technical question: motherboard doubt

    Really sure? It's just that the explicit "graphics" reference there, pointing to the agp slot really makes me doubt

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    Re: Technical question: motherboard doubt

    Yes i am sure. The AGP slot is purely just for graphics cards but the pci slots wil accept video, modems, usb cards etc..
    I've seen the future... I can't afford it.

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    Re: Technical question: motherboard doubt

    Thank you very much, with this I will be able to update my PC to make it work great another 10 years

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