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What's the difference between PCI-X and PCI Express? I always thought they were the same...

Then again the last time I bought a mobo was over 2 years ago. Someone please clarify?

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I had an old Jaton nVidia Riva TNT2 32 meg that was recognized as VESA 3.0.

 

I'd imagine that there are PCI versions of this old standby floating around.

 

I didn't try any of my old Trident chipset cards, but I guess I should have, huh?

 

Maybe if I find an hour tonight I'll try slapping some of those old-timers in my box and see what happens. But no promises.

 

Just did a quick eBay search on "TNT2 PCI".

 

You should be able to get something for ~$20 USD shipped.

 

Avoid the 16 meg models.

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I have a really crappy motherboard with 5 PCI-X slots, and only 1 PCI slot, with no AGP or PCI Express slots. Are there any known PCI VESA 3.0 graphics cards that work with QE/CI?

 

 

What motherboard has 5 PCI-X slots? The PNY 5200 PCI is working great in my Dell with full quartz and core support.

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I use an nVidia GeForce FX 5500 256MB, with DirectX 9 and OpenGL 1.5.

 

It works great on my system, runs games actually pretty well. You have all the effects in OSx86 with some drivers. QE/CI can only fully be enabled with a certain installer and only works on Jas's new 10.4.8/8.8.1 DVD (I have tried with 10.4.4 and QE didn't work). It's $130 at Staples.

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