PCI-E to AGP slot converter?

[thilanliyan]

Hello,
I'm wondering, is there any adapter that lets you put a PCI-Express video card into an AGP slot? I know an AGP to PCI-E converter exists but does the reverse exist?

And also will a Radeon X800XL be bottlenecked (and how severely) by a dual XEON 2.0GHz w/HT RDRAM system? I would be playing at 1280x1024. All the CPU gaming tests are done at low resolutions so I can't really tell from any of those. My thinking is that since I would be playing at something higher than 800x600, the processors won't be so much of a bottleneck.

Any thoughts?

 

[Peter]

Hardly - unless either NVidia sell their bridge chip to 3rd party adapter card makers. There are a couple of PCI to PCIE bridge chips, but these expect proper 3.3V PCI or PCIX signalling, not 1.5V AGP 4x/8x.

 

[HDTVMan]

Nope need a chip. There is a mobo out there with both though but I cant imagine the premium for such a board.

 

[imported_Kiwi]

Originally posted by: HDTVMan
Nope need a chip. There is a mobo out there with both though but I can;t imagine the premium for such a board.

AFAIK, the design for a MB with both is still ULi Sampled (prototyped) -- PCChips or ECS, one of the poor reputation outfits, sells a MB with a faked AGP on it that actually is the older PCI variety, rewired from AGP. You can put an AGP in, but it will run as slowly as straight PCI (no, not PCI-e).


:frown:

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: Kiwi

Originally posted by: HDTVMan
Nope need a chip. There is a mobo out there with both though but I can;t imagine the premium for such a board.

AFAIK, the design for a MB with both is still ULi Sampled (prototyped) -- PCChips or ECS, one of the poor reputation outfits, sells a MB with a faked AGP on it that actually is the older PCI variety, rewired from AGP. You can put an AGP in, but it will run as slowly as straight PCI (no, not PCI-e).


:frown:

Aye, the 'AGP' slot runs off the 133MB/s PCI bus.