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AGP Graphics cards

Paulw · 2004-05-19 07:05:52

Hi, I'm thinking of getting a new graphics card (old one is going dodgy). Most of the new cards are AGP 8x. My motherboard only supports AGP 4x. Can I use the AGP 8x card in my AGP 4x slot ? I know I won't get the full performance, but will it work as good as can be expected ? Will it work at all ? Any recommended cards to…

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Hi,

I'm thinking of getting a new graphics card (old one is going dodgy). Most of the new cards are AGP 8x. My motherboard only supports AGP 4x.

Can I use the AGP 8x card in my AGP 4x slot ? I know I won't get the full performance, but will it work as good as can be expected ? Will it work at all ?

Any recommended cards to get ??

Thanks.

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#2 19-05-2004 7:23am

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The 8x card will work in the 4x slot. There will be a performance difference but nothing major.

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#3 19-05-2004 7:54am

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At the moment your looking at a performance drop of about 0.5-1%.

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#4 19-05-2004 8:04am

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Originally posted by Paulw
Any recommended cards to get ??

how much do you have to spend and what is the rest of your system?

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#5 19-05-2004 8:27am

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Thanks guys.

I'll pay around €200.

My system -

Asus P4T533-C motherboard
Intel P4 2.53Ghz
1.5gb of Rambus 1066 ram
MSI nVidia Ti4600 AGP4x graphics (this I need to replace)
Creative Audigy 2 Platinum
DVD rom
DVD-RW
4 hard disks (totalling 280GB)
and other little bits and pieces

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#6 19-05-2004 8:47am

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I suppose a 9800pro would be slightly above your pricerange, but it would be the best buy i suppose. If you want a week or so, i would expect the price to drop a bit more, considaring the X800's will become more mainstream.

If you get a 9800pro, get one of those artic cooling solutions for it, and then you should be able to overclock it and gain some extra free performance easily.

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#7 19-05-2004 8:52am

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I want a graphics card with TV in/out (since I do some video editing).

My monitor is TFT so I need a DVI connection also.

In or around 200 is fine.

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#8 19-05-2004 12:56pm

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http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_This_Week_Only_25.html

this is the way forward or any 9800pro that you can get in your price range

edit check out this thread as well

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=161693

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#9 19-05-2004 1:01pm

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Thanks for that, but the RADEON 9800 Pro doesn't seem to support video in. In fact I can't find a Radeon that does do video in.

Looks like I might have to go for something like GeForce FX5900XT or something similar.

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#10 19-05-2004 1:06pm

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you could get a 9800 pro and a seperate pci tv in card

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#11 19-05-2004 1:06pm

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http://komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=121501&cks=SER
http://komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=300031&cks=SER

both within your price range.

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#12 19-05-2004 1:09pm

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Originally posted by tuxx
you could get a 9800 pro and a seperate pci tv in card

Errr ... why would I buy two cards when I can just buy one that does the whole job ? Besides, I don't have enough free slots in my PC. I only want to replace my graphics card.

Yes, the Radeon looks good, but it just doesn't do what I need, unfortunately.

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#13 19-05-2004 1:09pm

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Originally posted by Paulw

Looks like I might have to go for something like GeForce FX5900XT or something similar.

the 5900XT would be a better card then the 9600 XT if you have to go for it and they typically overclock well.

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#14 19-05-2004 1:51pm

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Originally posted by Paulw
Thanks for that, but the RADEON 9800 Pro doesn't seem to support video in. In fact I can't find a Radeon that does do video in.

Looks like I might have to go for something like GeForce FX5900XT or something similar.

If you're looking for a Radeon that does TV in then look at the AIW(All In Wonder) cards which have TV in/out and TV tuner. Very nice cards!!

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#15 19-05-2004 2:02pm

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I have a 9000 Pro AIW - old but matches your requirements of 4x AGP and tv/in out and can probably be got for sub 100 euro - I use it as a HTPC to record mpeg 2 from tv and play dvds

xwerx

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#16 19-05-2004 2:02pm

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Theres a

9600pro AIW
9700pro AIW
9800se AIW
9800pro AIW

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/sapphire_ati_graphics_cards.html

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#17 19-05-2004 2:03pm

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Originally posted by SickBoy
If you're looking for a Radeon that does TV in then look at the AIW(All In Wonder) cards which have TV in/out and TV tuner. Very nice cards!!

you also get a sweeeet remote control.
i managed to buy one seperately for €10 in komplett's easter sale:)
best €10 i've ever spent

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#18 19-05-2004 2:09pm

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Originally posted by xwerx
I have a 9000 Pro AIW - old but matches your requirements of 4x AGP and tv/in out and can probably be got for sub 100 euro - I use it as a HTPC to record mpeg 2 from tv and play dvds

xwerx

What kinda Spec PC are you running it on?

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#19 19-05-2004 3:34pm

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Is an ASUS A7N8X, 512 ram with a Barton 2500xp chip and the 9000 Pro AIW - I have attempted to take out as mush fan noise as possible by using some zaldman gear /// flower cpu cooler and a vga heat sink - to be honest the machine is probably over spec-ed for mpeg2 capture but...I have been know to use it as an extra ut2004 machine every once and a while

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#20 24-05-2004 10:13am

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Well, I ordered a FX5900XT card. I don't need a TV tuner, but do need video in/out.

Thanks for the advice folks.

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