Re: [gentoo-user] PCI video cards, hardware accel, upported by open-source drivers?

["Walter Dnes" <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>]

On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 06:45:55PM +0100, Stroller wrote

> I'm sceptical over the benefits of upgrading a 4 year old PC (short
> of ripping most all the guts out and starting again). I know the
> industry has currently settled on PCIe, but haven't bus speeds
> increased in the last 4 years? Are all the latest cards compatible
> with your Dell? If not, then you'll probably end up buying an older
> model, and then that will be sub-optimal when you want to upgrade
> your motherboard in a year's time.

  I've posted a snapshot of the Dell's internals on my ISP's personal
webspace at http://clients.teksavvy.com/~walterdnes/misc/dell2.jpg  Is
the long black slot PCIe?  What's the short black slot?

> I'm sorry if this reply is unhelpful, but you give a lot of information,
> and perhaps that means you might be open to considering alternative
> solutions to the core problem.

  If it's PCIe, so be it.  Actually, a post that prevents me wasting
money is helpful <G>.  Would PCIe be significantly better on the same
CPU+GPU, or is it hype?

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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@waltdnes.org>