Dr. Hurt Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 I am planing to buy a new graphics card but I don't know which to buy. There are two types AGP and PCIe. How do I know which one will work for me? In os x system profiler it says "bus: pci"... Does that mean that I should buy the PCIe card? Is this information accurate or is there any utility to tell me which card am I using so that I can buy a compatible new card. Sorry for the n00bish questions, but I don't want to do something that I'll regret. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22950-which-do-i-have-agp-or-pcie/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
shedt Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 don't look in osx, you need to know your motherboard. have you tried cpuid in xp? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22950-which-do-i-have-agp-or-pcie/#findComment-151914 Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk2010 Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 These are the specs of a Dell Dell Dimension 8200 below. AGP. Dell Dimension 8200 CPU: Intel P4 2.53GHz processor Memory: 512MB RDRAM @ 400MHz Video: 128MB Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 AGP Video Card w/ Analog and S-Video Out Audio: Creative SoundBlaster Live! PCI Sound Card Ports: * 4 USB (2 front, 2 back) * 56K V.90 PCI Modem * 2 PS/2 * 1 Parallel * 1 Serial * 1 VGA * Sound Slots: * 4 PCI * 1 AGP Drives: * 80GB IDE Hard Drive * HL GCR-8483B 48x CDROM Drive * HL-DT-ST GDR8162B 16x DVDROM Drive * 1.44MB Floppy Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22950-which-do-i-have-agp-or-pcie/#findComment-151916 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Hurt Posted July 29, 2006 Author Share Posted July 29, 2006 Yes, you are right. After I checked using cpuid in xp I found out that is AGP version 2.0 4x. Will this support nvidia 6600. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22950-which-do-i-have-agp-or-pcie/#findComment-151918 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elv13 Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 yea, but take a 6800GT, it is the beat agp card, and still bad vs 7600 pcie (cost like the half) EDIT: take an ATI x850, nvidia card are not really suported by osx Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22950-which-do-i-have-agp-or-pcie/#findComment-151933 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Hurt Posted July 29, 2006 Author Share Posted July 29, 2006 NP_ is working on a driver and there is great progress on it. He has finished the open gl frameworks. It is only a matter of time to have a fully working nvidia driver for os x (intel). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22950-which-do-i-have-agp-or-pcie/#findComment-151944 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elv13 Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 his driver is almost dead, it not a matter of time, i dont think he will be able to end it who know, we hope! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22950-which-do-i-have-agp-or-pcie/#findComment-151950 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Hurt Posted July 29, 2006 Author Share Posted July 29, 2006 Be optimistic.... There are many people waiting for driver and depending on NP_ for his driver. Besides, look at these screenshots to see how well the development is going. http://macvidia.starchaser.org/index.php?o...20&Itemid=2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/22950-which-do-i-have-agp-or-pcie/#findComment-151952 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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