What is a PCI expansion?
1 Expansion Port 3 connector
what can this do can I use a graphics card though it?
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PCI Expansion slots are a type of port in your computer. They're very old and their data transfer rate is very low, so I don't recommend using a graphics card in it.
Try to find out if your computer has an AGP or PCI-Express expansion slot for a graphics card. If it doesn't, then the computer probably isn't worth upgrading. These expansion slots have anywhere from 8 times to 16 times PCI's standard data transfer rate, which helps reduce the bottlenecking of data transfered.
your reference to port 3 connector is a little vague, if you could elaborate, people might be able to help you better.
The PCI bus offers a great variety of expansion cards compared to VLB. The most commonly found cards are video cards (of course), SCSI host adapters, and high-speed networking cards. (Hard disk drives are also on the PCI bus but are normally connected directly to the motherboard on a PCI system). However, it should be noted that certain functions cannot be provided on the PCI bus. For example, serial and parallel ports must remain on the ISA bus. Fortunately, the ISA bus still has more than enough speed to handle these devices, even today.
yes.
make sure the graphic card supports PCI slot though.
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