what is the difference between video card interfaces SLI, PCI-e, and PCI-e16?

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If you have seen my other computer related Question, you will know that I am stuck in the last generation AGP 8X. I just wondered if their is an interface difference
Thank you all for the help. For the record, I was NOT confused about PCI (which comes in three standards) and AGP and PCI-e. I just did not know the dif between PCI-e and SLI

Answer
PCI, AGP and PCI Express X16 use different slots. You can not adapt a slot to use a card made for another type of slot.

The newest and best cards use a PCI Express X16 slot. If you upgrade to a fast PCI Express X16 card you should immediately see the difference in gaming applications assuming your the rest of your computer is not outdated.

Graphics Cards Buses and their Max Bandwidth
http://www.directron.com/expressguide.html
PCI 132 MB/s
AGP 4X # 1,066 MB/s
AGP 8X # 2,100 MB/s
PCI Express 16x 8000 MB/s

SLI refers to installing 2 video cards and attaching a link between them to allow the two cards communicate between each other and to run faster that one card can. Almost always it is less expensive to buy a faster card that does not need to be run in SLI mode than to buy 2 cards to run in SLI mode.

SLI mode will require 2 PCI Express X16 slots. Also the games will have to be written to be able to use SLI mode if there is to be any performance gain at all.

SLI: Scalable Link Interface
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalable_Link_Interface

Graphics card gaming performance charts:
http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics.html
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=399&type=expert&pid=1
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1595&Itemid=40&limit=1&limitstart=2


Mobile Graphics Cards - Benchmark List
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html

How to pick the perfect graphics card
http://www.pcmag.co.uk/personal-computer-world/features/2150316/pick-perfect-graphics-card

DirectX 9 vs 10
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/pcs/directx-9-vs-directx-10-worth-upgrading-to-vista-for-243099.php


CPU gaming performance charts:
http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu_2007.html

CPU Benchmarks
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/index.php

Is there anywhere i can download windows vista home basic free. I have product key.?

Q. I have a computer i bought in june and one of my cousins got on it and deleted something now it has crashed. I had a disk, but i lost it. i need just a vista download...not illegaly

Answer
Yeah sure you did..
I don't think even your mother would believe that BS.

By the way Vista Home Basic is garbage. Vista Basic Lacks these Features found in Vista Home Premium
Windows Aero desktop
Windows Mobility Center and Tablet PC support
Windows Meeting Space
Windows Media Center
Scheduled Backup
Windows DVD Maker
Windows Movie Maker in High Definition
Premium games

Compare features of Vista versions
http://www.microsoft.com/canada/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/choose.mspx

If you really lost the disk you can:
Contact the manufacturer and ask for a replacement disk to use with the product key sticker on your case.

Contact Microsoft, they can replace media for use with a valid key.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326246

Academic VISTA HOME Premium Upgrade DVD. $67
http://www.compsource.com/ttechnote.asp?part_no=66I00488

How to Install a Vista Upgrade on a Blank Hard Drive
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/pcs/how-to-install-a-vista-upgrade-on-a-blank-hard-drive-232770.php

How to Clean Install Windows Vista with Upgrade Media
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/winvista_upgrade_clean.asp

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