User Guide

Start To Handle
2.14 Set Up Interface Card
If there is no built-in VGA card in your system, you have to choose a suitable one. Read this
section carefully if you desire to install other interfaces (such as network card, modem card, image
card, or 3D-acceleration card). We take VGA card setting up as an example to demonstrate how to
set up an interface. The set-up of other interface cards is very similar.
Different interface cards not only vary in outlooks but in sockets!
This is AGP socket that is usually
brown. It is a high-speed
interface specially designed for
VGA cards.
These are PCI sockets and
they are usually white.
They can be connected with
various interface cards.
PCI interface card: Commonly seen are
sound-effect card, network card, modem card,
SCSI card, and image card. Also, some
outdated display card or 3D acceleration card are
PCI-interfaced.
AGP interface card: Generally only VG
A
card applies to AGP interface. However,
most 3D acceleration cards apply to AGP
interface as well after integrating the displa
y
function.
2-36