Many motherboards have a built-in video card. You can tell from the outside of the box if the video plug is in a slot or not. If it is not in a slot, then it is probably built into the motherboard. (You can also tell by checking the system bios, but that is a little trikier.) If your motherbard has a PCI Express slot, then you must get a video card to fit that slot (different from PCI). Some higher-end motherboards have two PCI Express slots, so that two video cards can be linked for higher performance, or for multiple monitors. Some motherboards have both an AGP slot (for backward compatibility) and a PCI-Express. Your user manual should tell you what you have. Opening up the box may not help if the slots are not labeled (usually not) and you don't know how to identify one type from another.
PCI Express is not compatible with VGA or PCI -- it is totally different.
You must get a video card that fits into the PCI Expres slot, or a lower end one that fits into one of the regular PCI slots.
The problem with forcing a patent holder to prove that a patent is valid, rather than force the accused infringer that it is not valid, is that it is really impossible to prove that a patent is valid. This would require proving that there is no prior art. How would you do that?
What you could do is keep the system as it is, but make the loser pay all reasonable costs associated with the litigation. That would make a person with a weak patent think twice before asserting it.
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Many motherboards have a built-in video card. You can tell from the outside of the box if the video plug is in a slot or not. If it is not in a slot, then it is probably built into the motherboard. (You can also tell by checking the system bios, but that is a little trikier.) If your motherbard has a PCI Express slot, then you must get a video card to fit that slot (different from PCI). Some higher-end motherboards have two PCI Express slots, so that two video cards can be linked for higher performance, or for multiple monitors. Some motherboards have both an AGP slot (for backward compatibility) and a PCI-Express. Your user manual should tell you what you have. Opening up the box may not help if the slots are not labeled (usually not) and you don't know how to identify one type from another.
PCI Express is not compatible with VGA or PCI -- it is totally different. You must get a video card that fits into the PCI Expres slot, or a lower end one that fits into one of the regular PCI slots.
The problem with forcing a patent holder to prove that a patent is valid, rather than force the accused infringer that it is not valid, is that it is really impossible to prove that a patent is valid. This would require proving that there is no prior art. How would you do that? What you could do is keep the system as it is, but make the loser pay all reasonable costs associated with the litigation. That would make a person with a weak patent think twice before asserting it.
This sounds a lot like containers in Solaris 10.
heh. good one.