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PCI

by omiskypluto Jun 8, 2007 7:54PM PDT

im usin a dell dimension 1100,pentium 4 2.8 ghz with 512mb ram,in my manual it say that my PCI slots connector data widht (maximum) are
32 bits but im gonna buy a nvidia GeForce FX200 PCI graphic card which is 64 bits, and im confuse whether i could purchase it???what actually does these 32 or 64 bits means??

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Can be confusing the PCI data width with...

by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Jun 8, 2007 10:22PM PDT

The GPU data width. These never have to match.

Bob

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ok...

by omiskypluto Jun 8, 2007 10:52PM PDT

i was hoping on more explanation on that?

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Ok...

by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Jun 8, 2007 11:16PM PDT

PCI data width is 32.
The video card's GPU is 64 (or other.)

This is normal and does not have to match since the GPU has a PCI connection and it's own GPU data bus for the other width.

Bob

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