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post #1 of 15
6/26/12 at 3:21am
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Is there any point in installing additional PCI gfx cardse, for example, a nVidia 7600 series or AMD 5400 series ? Or are they so weak there is no point in such exercise for BOINC ?

I just noticed that these can be had for approx 35 - 40 $ online so just wondering.

The particular place is DX.com http://dx.com/c/computers-networking-399/hardware-parts-313/video-graphic-cards-for-pc-332?pageSize=200&sort=price&sortType=asc where I noticed these when looking for a PCI GFX card for an old PC I have around for general net use in the house.
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post #2 of 15
6/26/12 at 3:45am
Very weak. It's a waste of money unless you already have one laying around. The only good you get out of that you can add another monitor for desktop space.

They do have a PCI 9400gt that might be good for Physics or something.
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post #3 of 15
6/26/12 at 3:49am
there is also a 9500gt, i ran one on a very old desktop once, it could play doom 3 on high with 1.4ghz pentium 3/celeron, heck it even managed 25fps on wow.
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post #4 of 15
6/26/12 at 3:52am
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there is also a 9500gt, i ran one on a very old desktop once, it could play doom 3 on high with 1.4ghz pentium 3/celeron, heck it even managed 25fps on wow.

True but if you try to play any new game you'd be lucky to get a few frames a minute! haha XD
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post #5 of 15
6/26/12 at 4:03am
For the older computers with PCI only or PRE-PCIe, (AGP) PCI will work for older games, or needing just to boost that stock on-board GMA/UMA Intel Graphics or the AMD embedded graphics. Not that a 128meg PCI card is junk... the slot just has slower bandwidth. PCI>AGP>PCIe as far as the bandwidth and quality goes.

If your computer/motherboard has a AGP slot, id say push for the AGP video card over the PCI, push faster frames, faster bandwidth, etc might even be better for streaming video/youtube. NO idea though on if it will improve streaming video, it should...in theory.
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post #6 of 15
6/26/12 at 4:13am
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Well .. I would not bother attaching a monitor to such card as I already have 6770 Eyefinity 5 version atm and are planning to add 7870 Eyefinity 6 into the second PCI-e slot when funds allow in a month or two.

I was just wondering about BOINC in specific if its a "reasonable insvestment" installing a PCI card for that purpose, but if I understand you guys right then the general opinion seems to be its not really worth the effort unless you already have such spare card lying around in the drawer. I have two unused PCI slots in my PC with rest of the slots filled with either GFX cards or SATA controllers.
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post #7 of 15
6/26/12 at 4:14am
If you want to use them for physics then go for it! 9400gt or 9500gt would be good for that.
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post #8 of 15
6/26/12 at 4:58am
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True but if you try to play any new game you'd be lucky to get a few frames a minute! haha XD

Of course!

There was a PCI 400 series GT on newegg at one point that people were using for physX.

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500221
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6/26/12 at 6:49am
@OP Gotcha, Definately try throwing one in to see what improvements youll get. I have 2 empty PCI slots as well...NEVER thought about throwing a card for dedicated physx.. Now you got me thinking.......wink.gif
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6/26/12 at 7:00am
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@OP Gotcha, Definately try throwing one in to see what improvements youll get. I have 2 empty PCI slots as well...NEVER thought about throwing a card for dedicated physx.. Now you got me thinking.......wink.gif

After giving it a bit more thought I have a gut feeling it's not a that good idea, as PCI is very slow interface compared to pci-e and for the price I would be probably better off BOINC performance wise just getting a new mobo with as many PCI-E 1x slots as I can find and then just mod the sockets for taking x16 cards or use 4 dollar riser cards which covert PCI-E 1x to 16x slot and then just throwing as many ~50 dollar cards at it as fits wink.gif
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