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Tuesday, September 27, 2011 11:09 AM
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Read around a bit, and apparently people are saying that PCI devices can fit into PCI-X slots because of backward compatibility. My Tyan S2881 server mobo has nothing but 2 x PCI-X slots, and I have a feeling the onboard video is not gonna go too far for me. Was looking at this card on Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Pro...x?Item=N82E16814187041 Problem is, any guarantees it will work with my mobo? I am gonna ask the same question tomorrow when Tyan's live chat goes online.
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Re:PCI Video Card in a PCI-X Slot?
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 11:21 AM
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You need an adapter in order to put a PCI card in a PCI-E slot. Otherwise it will not fit. The slots are off set slightly.
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Re:PCI Video Card in a PCI-X Slot?
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 11:30 AM
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You need an adapter in order to put a PCI card in a PCI-E PCI-X slot. Otherwise it will not fit. The slots are off set slightly.
Corrected your typo. By any chance, what kind of adapter would I need to get? I'm gonna ask Google for now, lol
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Re:PCI Video Card in a PCI-X Slot?
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 3:49 PM
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looking at a board with both types side by side, they are identical with the exception of pci's divider/slot. Pci-x, just has a longer slot with it's divider where standard pci ends (inboard)... Newegg sells a bunch of cards that works in both types, so apparently a pci video card will work in a pci-x slot. (No adapter required). Evidently there are or were video cards with a pci-x interface as well, (double the bandwidth compared to pci)...
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Re:PCI Video Card in a PCI-X Slot?
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 7:26 PM
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looking at a board with both types side by side, they are identical with the exception of pci's divider/slot. Pci-x, just has a longer slot with it's divider where standard pci ends (inboard)... Newegg sells a bunch of cards that works in both types, so apparently a pci video card will work in a pci-x slot. (No adapter required). Evidently there are or were video cards with a pci-x interface as well, (double the bandwidth compared to pci)...
I don't see any PCI-X cards on sale right now, at least not in my "affordable" range lol. I guess I'll just have to take your word for it and get a PCI card to try this out.
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Re:PCI Video Card in a PCI-X Slot?
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 10:06 PM
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PCI is the older one, you can put these cards into PCI-X slots directly. PCI-E is what most video cards are, and all of EVGA's new vid cards use this format. PCI-X is the server version for huuuuuge data transfer rates and such and can take PCI cards but these cards cannot fit in PCI slots. so you could get an adapter http://www.provantage.com/startech-pcix1pex4~7STR91X7.htm which is not cheap because it has to take a fast and very high speed data line (PCI-E) and turn it into a slow but high bandwidth line (PCI-X) in the end, its easier to get a PCI-X video card or a PCI vid card which will never be very powerful and your onboard vid might be better. there are rumors of cheaper PCI-E adapters but i couldnt find them. didnt spend too long looking though.
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Re:PCI Video Card in a PCI-X Slot?
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 1:03 AM
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On my other rig, a Z8PE-D12X, I have a PCI firewire card installed in one of the PCI-X slots. It's been a while since I researched it but, as long as the "keying" of the PCI card matches the PCI-X slot, you should be fine. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PCI_Keying.png
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Re:PCI Video Card in a PCI-X Slot?
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 5:49 AM
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Sweet, good to know. Plus I'm pretty sure any decent PCI video cards would beat that onboard ATI Rage graphics from my server mobo. Especially stuff like Geforce 8400 etc.
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