PCI Express- Does it work on my computer?

[ojwk007]

Hey Guys,
Im looking to buy a new graphics card for my Dell 8300 system. It currently has a nVidia GeForce 4 MX420 or the equivilent free junk. Anyhow I was looking at the ATi Radeon 9800XT AGP card and then I noticed the X600 w so hich looked newer but then it said that it was PCI-Express so i dont know if my motherboard supports it or not. I know that ive got a AGP x8 port and about 5 spare PCI slots but i dont know if that means that the PCI-E thingy will work on it or not. If not could someone suggest a good, cheap 256mb graphics card with high clock speed, at least 128 bit or whatever, just a decent graphics card. My budget is around £100.00 and I dont mind buying from ebay.
Thanks
Olly

[danh920]

you'd have to check the specs on your mobo, if there's no pci-e slot, no pci-e love for you

best deals are mostly on www.newegg.com and www.zipzoomfly.com

best o luck with that

[PsyClerk]

I'm almost positive your machine does not support PCI-E.

[Kaijufan]

AFAIK no company makes a mobo with both a PCI Express and AGP slot.

[msdmoney]

If you have agp you don't have pci express, pci express is the replacement for agp.

[mtxbass1]

No PCI Express for you. You'll have to stick with AGP.

[ojwk007]

Thanks for all the info i guess i can forget about that PCI-E stuff. Only problem is that im in the UK so those website are in dollars. Ive had a look around and the best one i thing i can get is the ATI Radeon 9600 XT 256mb. It looks quite good and fits my budget. Please tell me what you think. Thanks! :D

[delahappy]

Thanks for all the info i guess i can forget about that PCI-E stuff. Only problem is that im in the UK so those website are in dollars. Ive had a look around and the best one i thing i can get is the ATI Radeon 9600 XT 256mb. It looks quite good and fits my budget. Please tell me what you think. Thanks! :D

I have that one and it works good for me.