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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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> 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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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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