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On Apr 11, 2012 1:15 PM, "Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 06:45:55PM +0100, Stroller wrote |
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> > I'm sceptical over the benefits of upgrading a 4 year old PC (short |
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> > of ripping most all the guts out and starting again). I know the |
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> > industry has currently settled on PCIe, but haven't bus speeds |
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> > increased in the last 4 years? Are all the latest cards compatible |
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> > with your Dell? If not, then you'll probably end up buying an older |
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> > model, and then that will be sub-optimal when you want to upgrade |
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> > your motherboard in a year's time. |
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> I've posted a snapshot of the Dell's internals on my ISP's personal |
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> webspace at http://clients.teksavvy.com/~walterdnes/misc/dell2.jpg Is |
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> the long black slot PCIe? What's the short black slot? |
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The long black slot looks like PCIe. To be precise, PCIe x16. The short |
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black slot is PCIe x1, (originally) meant for low-bandwidth devices like a |
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fax modem. |
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> > I'm sorry if this reply is unhelpful, but you give a lot of information, |
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> > and perhaps that means you might be open to considering alternative |
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> > solutions to the core problem. |
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> If it's PCIe, so be it. Actually, a post that prevents me wasting |
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> money is helpful <G>. Would PCIe be significantly better on the same |
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> CPU+GPU, or is it hype? |
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For games with huge 3D textures, absolutely. For video playback, not so |
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much. |
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But the main point would be that the newest graphics cards are all released |
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in PCIe version only, and future mobos will all support PCIe, so it's a |
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future-safe investment. |
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Rgds, |
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