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? -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org>
