How do you tell if your computer video card is AGP or PCI?

It doesn't say on the card and I lost the box. Its a radeon 9600 256MB DDR. Is there a website you could refer me to with diagrams?|||I am assuming it is standard pci and not pci express.



Here are two pictures showing the differences:



(AGP is on top)

http://russelltexas.com/pcparts/AGP_PCI.JPG



http://www.si87.com/Products/Videocards/agpvspci/



Hope this helps.|||www.ati.com|||go to



Start|Accessories|System Tools|System Information



Select Components|Display



One of the first two lines in the display should tell you whether it's AGP or PCI.|||Try putting it into a free PCI slot in your PC. If it fits its a PCI card. If it doesnt its an AGP or PCI-E|||Radeon 9600 256MB DDR? If this is your Video card then you gotta AGP.



check this out:



http://www.ati.com/products/radeon9600/radeon9600pro/specs.html





here are the specs of your card.|||right click on my computer-hardware-device manager-display adapters-properties....or system tools -system information|||fdf|||The video/graphics cards (also known as graphics accelerator cards) used in PCs contain the electronics that deliver the picture to the computer's monitor. They are installed in an ISA, PCI, AGP, or PCI Express (PCIe or PCI-E) slot on the computer's motherboard.



The order of the evolution of video/graphics cards is ISA => PCI => AGP => PCI EXpress. The ISA and PCI standards are no longer used. AGP video cards are still available, but the standard is being replaced by the latest PCI Express standard.



The most important consideration with regard to a video card of any standard is that it must be supported by the motherboard on which it is to be installed. The motherboard must have the correct slot for a particular video card.



The first ISA video/graphics cards had very little onboard graphics RAM memory, which was measured in kilobytes (KB) instead of megabytes (MB). Ten years ago, 1MB and 2MB video cards were high-end cards. After the standard progressed to the PCI bus, quickly followed by the AGP bus, the amount of RAM quickly increased to 4MB, 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, and 256MB, where most AGP and PCI Express high-end cards are at present.



The image above shows an ATI Radeon X1300 video card, which has three ports - from left to right, standard analog D-sub VGA, AVIVO (Video In, Video Out), and digital DVI.|||Those radeon 9600s are APG|||My cousin has a similar ATI 9600 saphire card, his is AGP, but they come in AGP and PCI. To solve, in order of scare factor, try:



1 I have a radeon X1400, it comes with ATI's CATALYST control centre, my cousin has some similar software, a little ATI icon is in the ToolTray, there is tones of information there.



2 Administrive tools > System Information



3 Check BIOS and force boot the primary Dysplay device.



4 If it is in a tower, open it up and look... you'll most likely have a few PCI slots but only one special graphics slot (AGP PCIE). Don't get a shock!|||unless the computer is real new it is AGP x8 NOT PCIe 16