PCI or PCI-E

2008-05-30 09:19:01

#1

prototype: Member; +52|6581

I have an ASUS P5N-E SLI 650i Nforce mobo and a Evga 8800GT 512Mb card

I noticed last night when I went into the bios that my "graphical interface card" was set to PCI and not PCI-E

I wanted to ask you guys if it matters what that is set to

2008-05-30 09:21:11

#2

Phatmatt: Vroom Vroom; +298|6459|Canada

I don't know how it matters, But I would put it to PCI-E anyway...
It's not there for fun.

2008-05-30 09:22:08

#3

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|7002|St. Andrews / Oslo

Pci-e

https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/26774/flickricon.png

2008-05-30 09:28:58

#4

prototype: Member; +52|6581

so it is ok to just change it and not do anything else

i dont wanna mess up my system

2008-05-30 09:32:21

#5

OrangeHound: Busy doing highfalutin adminy stuff ...; +1,335|6919|Washington DC

That is probably a setting that tells the system which location is your primary video card, assuming that you might have multiple video cards. If you have video cards in both PCI and PCI-E slots, then it would put your primary video on the card that is in the PCI slot.

Since you probably do not have multiple video cards, the system just defaults to your PCI-E installed card.

2008-05-30 09:33:43

#6

Phatmatt: Vroom Vroom; +298|6459|Canada

prototype wrote:
so it is ok to just change it and not do anything else

i dont wanna mess up my system

It shouldn't mess up your system, It will (what I think it does) maybe give a performance boost for your GPU? but I HIGHLY doubt it will mess up your system if you don't touch anything else.

EDIT: Or what OH said.

Last edited by Phatmatt (2008-05-30 09:34:25)

2008-05-30 09:35:36

#7

prototype: Member; +52|6581

I only have one card installed and I am guessing but both of my slots should be PCI-E

is that correct?

I will switch it tonight if you guys think it wont mess anything up

2008-05-30 09:38:49

#8

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6684|Finland

https://c1.neweggimages.com/NeweggImage/productimage/13-131-142-15.jpg

The blue and black slots are PCI-E 16x, the small white is PCI-E 1x and the long whites are PCI.

EDIT: It won't mess up anything.

Last edited by GC_PaNzerFIN (2008-05-30 09:40:18)

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2008-05-30 09:40:49

#9

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6723|The Twilight Zone

I think hes asking if he can leave his BIOS settings set to "pci" in video card settings or should he change it to"pci-e" since his using a pci-e card.

https://www.shrani.si/f/3H/7h/45GTw71U/untitled-1.png

2008-05-30 09:45:51

#10

prototype: Member; +52|6581

my card is plugged into the black slot so it is PCI-E 16x but my bios is set to PCI

I will change it to PCI-E tonight

BF2S Forums PCI or PCI-E

prototype wrote:

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