"HDI" <hdinf@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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On 9 apr, 00:33, Paul <nos...@needed.com> wrote:

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I visited the local shop site and the only matrox G550 I found was an
'Matrox Millenium G550 - 32 MB - PCI Low Profile - 2 x
VGA' (manufacturer code: g55mddap32dbf), so no AGP. There are also
PCIe but I haven't got such a slot.

Should I look further for an AGP or does both of them have the same
performance and is the slot the only difference?
Maybe I'm wrong but I thought AGP is better than PCI.

A second question. Can I put any PCI card in a pci slot or are there
also differences like AGP.

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The 'same' card in AGP or PCIe will have the same, or at least very very
close performance.

Not sure quite what you are asking in the second question...
I suspect you might be confusing PCI with PCIe. PCI is the normal slot used
for add-in cards in the PC. There are usually 3-5 PCI slots on a
motherboard. The PCIe is the new graphics card slot - replacement of AGP. A
PCI card will not fit in a PCIe slot. A PCIe card will not fit in a PCI
slot. As a last resort - look on Wikipedia for a short explanation of them
all.