pci question 2

[TruthInSatire]

Looking at three video cards.

card 1 requires PCI
card 2 requires PCI 2
card 3 requires PCI Express

I know what pci and pci express are.

Is there something special about PCI 2, or are the two card makers refering to the same slot and one is including the current version? I have a dell 2300 p4 bought in early 2004 if that helps.

Thanks.

If you don't ask the right questions, you don't get the right answers. A question asked in the right way often points to its own answer. Asking questions is the ABC of diagnosis. Only the inquiring mind solves problems.

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[Frank4d]

I build computers for a living and have never heard of "PCI 2". Can you post a link?

 

[TruthInSatire]

Thanks for the reply.
I googled for pci and pci 2 and i found up to pci 2.3 however i couldn't find if "pci 2" was the current version or the same thing as just "pci"

vid card 1 (pci)

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1091099665193&skuId=6731799&type=product

vid card 2 (pci 2)

http://www.bestbuy.com/siteolspage....81723&productCategoryId=cat01151&type=product

see the "Product Details"
I also looked at the box when i was in the store, it said the same thing shich is ultimately why i didn't walk out with it.

If you don't ask the right questions, you don't get the right answers. A question asked in the right way often points to its own answer. Asking questions is the ABC of diagnosis. Only the inquiring mind solves problems.

-Quote by Edward Hodnett

 

[Frank4d]

The link you provided didn't work. However I found this link

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1099392683347&skuId=6981723&type=product

which is for the same BestBuy stock number. I doesn't mention "PCI 2" though. But if you do find a product claiming to be "PCI 2" don't buy it (there is no such thing).

 

[TruthInSatire]

That's it. Sorry for the broken link

Intel® Pentium® III, Intel® Celeron®, AMD Duron™ or AMD Athlon™ processor or higher; Windows 95 (OSR 2), 98, NT 4.0 (SP5 or SP6), 2000, ME or XP; 128MB RAM; 50MB free hard drive space; CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive; PCI 2.0 slot

If you don't ask the right questions, you don't get the right answers. A question asked in the right way often points to its own answer. Asking questions is the ABC of diagnosis. Only the inquiring mind solves problems.

-Quote by Edward Hodnett

 

[Frank4d]

I saw that on the BFG website too. I suspect they are saying the card is compatible with PCI specification version 2.0 which is legit... and should be compatible with later versions as well.

I agree, it strikes me as confusing for BFG to list it as "PCI 2.0 slot" (whatever that means)... where you have to guess "PCI", "PCI-E", "PCI-X", or "SLI". PCI is all it is.

 

[felixc]

PCI 2.0 is for a PCI product that works out of 5 volts signals. This was found on the early mobos that has PCI, many years ago. Not on a 2004 PC. Your Dell should have something like PCI 2.3 instead. But anyway, this is the regular PCI stuff. The edge connectors are slotted to make sure that conflicting versions of PCI do not damage the system. There may be no slot, or a slot at two different places depending on the PCI version. If it fits in the slot it will work, in theory.
If your mobo has a PCI express slot, go for a PCI express card.

 

[TruthInSatire]

Thanks for the help. I assumed "PCI 2" was just the current standard for PCI, but you know what happens when you assume.

If you don't ask the right questions, you don't get the right answers. A question asked in the right way often points to its own answer. Asking questions is the ABC of diagnosis. Only the inquiring mind solves problems.

-Quote by Edward Hodnett