[mythtvnz] HD Video jerky...

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Worik Stanton <worik.stanton at gmail.com> wrote:
> I will need a new computer as my Dell has an older PCI slot
>>> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conventional_PCI) that as far as I can
>>> tell will not do.
>> Only if you say so - and want to pay the extra lucre...
>>
>>> But it looks as if I need a PCIe x16 slot for the following cars.  Is
>>> that correct?
>> No
>>
>>>> Any of these would probably work, even though we still don't know your
>>>> motherboard...
>> Read the preceeding sentence (and post) again!
>>
>> The links I gave you are all advertised as the "older" pci slot, so
>> those cards should work in your "older" Dell.  (Unless they have
>> misrepresented the advert which can happen...however some googling
>> should sort that out pretty quickly.)
>
> I find the plethora of PCI buses frustratingly confusing.  But the image
> of the card at
> http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=854467&CatId=319#
> and the others have very different buses from the one on my motherboard.
>
> I expect that the "older" PCI slot is a PCI x 16.  But I am just going
> by the picture.  The card's connector is in four sections.  The PCI bus
> in my machine is in two.
>
> One of my frustrations with PCI is manufacturers are not precise about
> *which* PCI slot they mean.
>

what model is your dell?