AGP/PCI-E Bridge

[secured2k]

Simple question: If I purchase a GeForce 6800GT PCI-E Card, can I just plug it into my AGP motherboard until I upgrade my motherboard to PCI-E Native in a few months?

I understand the cards have a "High Speed Interconnect (HSI)" chip that allows AGP/PCI-E compatability, but I haven't seen much information about any "special notes" to consider.

Will the card fit in both AGP and PCI-E slots and just operate normally based on what the HSI chip detects? Is there some added hardware like a converter that is needed? Jumpers?

Thanks in advance.

 

[BRiT]

No. (round peg, square hole)

PCI-Express cards can ONLY be used in PCI-Express slots.

 

[DOGMA1138]

No. (round peg, square hole)

PCI-Express cards can ONLY be used in PCI-Express slots.

i think that w/ enough force you can fit on into an AGP slot

 

[DOGMA1138]

oh god!! why am i allway quotign instead of editing

 

[secured2k]

So how does the HSI chip/interface work? I recall reading some reviews saying that it should allow PCIe/AGP interoperability somehow?

 

[Sxotty]

It allows a chip to be put on different PCBs so that Nvdia can make one chip and then graphics card makers can make both kinds of boards.

But I thought that somebody like VIA did make an adapter to put an AGP card into pci express or some such thing...

 

[DOGMA1138]

It allows a chip to be put on different PCBs so that Nvdia can make one chip and then graphics card makers can make both kinds of boards.

But I thought that somebody like VIA did make an adapter to put an AGP card into pci express or some such thing...

nVIDIA still gotta make 2 diff chips, tho she need`s the design only one.
the AGP<>PCIE bridge is still on the cores ASIC.
for AGP and PCIE mobo support there is a thing called AGPexpress with the intel 9XX chipsets, basicly it`s 2 pci lanes combined into an AGP 1.0~ slot, give`s awefull preformance incompare to the AGP 2.0/3.0 but it gives you some AGP card support.
btw the thing with the adapter isnt pysicly posiable it`ll make the cards to high to mount in side the case.