Complete nOOb question about pci-e/agp slots

[Rastalovich]

Sorry in advance.

I`ve not owned a pci-e mobo, with the exception of the alledge one that`s in my laptop, until I was dumped with an ASUS AE1 barbones. (KV8-V model)

Now it sports a pci-e slot, which I`d assume would allow the usage of a pci-e gfx card, however I have an agp card plugged in.

Am I assuming correctly from this that the agp slot I`m using is the same one the pci-e card would go in, with an additional connector that`d go into the slimmer pci-e slot ?

Which would lead me to think that, leaving sli thoughts aside for the moment, any future mobo I purchase specifying a pci-e capability, would infact house an agp card if desired ? Thinking that the main slot design is the same, and the bus speed is the benefit ?

TIA and the nOOb sli question will come later I would expect >.< LOL

I have in the back of my mind that the ASUS mobo is agp and pci-e, and that a pci-e gfx card would not use the agp slot at all - just to confuse the issue.

 

[WC Annihilus]

Nope, they are completely slots, and your guess that there are both types of slots is probably correct

 

[Ty07allstar]

The only kind of mobo that can house a agp is one that has an AGP slot. An agp cannot fit into a pci-e slot. If you want to sli you have to have a sli compatible mobo(2 pci-e slots next to eachother). An agp is a completely different connector then a pci-e. If you look in the specs of the mobo a sli one will have 2 pci-e and say sli compatible. One that has a agp will say it has an agp slot in the specs. Hope this answers your question.

 

[llwyd]

AGP and PCI-E are completely different sockets and the cards wont even come close to fitting in the wrong one. i dont know of any asus boards that do both but i know Hams ASrock does so its probable that you just have both. you wont be able to use them both at the same time however. as for speeds, PCI-E is x16 whereas AGP only goes to x8. when you run two PCI-E cards together in SLI they clock down to x8

edit- wow i took longer to write that than i thought lol

 

[Rastalovich]

Job done, thnx guyz, no need for the sli question(s) now either

 

[Ty07allstar]

Just an FYI if you wanna sli you need to get a sli mobo and 2 sli cards that are the same.

 

[Ham]

I googled this. Its not got pci express.

 

[llwyd]

you sure its not an upgrade slot? or pci x1 ?

 

[WC Annihilus]

Ya, I just checked it, it's only PCI-Ex1

 

[habashy89]

I know of an ecs board that has both... but i cant recall the name?

 

[WC Annihilus]

I know of an ecs board that has both... but i cant recall the name?

That would be this thingage right here, but its not really worth mentioning

 

[Rastalovich]

Ya, I just checked it, it's only PCI-Ex1

Yep spot on, my bad. Think there in lay the confusion.

Brain go hurty.

 

[FragTek]

That would be this thingage[/B'] right here, but its not really worth mentioning

Yeah that board, along with 99% of all other ECS boards, is complete junk.

 

[Rastalovich]

Frag what`s the downfall of the ECS boards specifically ?