mad_mike

hi all i have a agp prob i have got i thnk 2x agp and the new vid card i want is 8x agp it is a ati radeon 9250 se ( i think that number is right ?) and i want to know if it will work in my computer. i have to get a new vid card as i borrowed my next door nabours and he wants it back now so i am stuffed with out it. i think my current card is 4x agp (ati rage 128 pro) and that seams to work fine. but if some one could let me know soon as he wants his vid card back soon

cheers mike

ps my pc specs are as follows

CPU Type AMD Athlon, 700 MHz (7 x 100)
Motherboard Name Gigabyte GA-7IXE (2 ISA, 5 PCI, 1 AGP, 3 DIMM)
System Memory 640 MB (SDRAM)
Audio Adapter Creative SB Live! Value (CT4780) Sound Card
Operating System Microsoft Windows 98 SE

just copyed this off everist if you need any more info let me know

gamerman4

I couldn't find much info on your mobo model but usuallu AGP is split into 2x/4x and 4x/8x The 2x/4x slot is different from the newer 4x/8x and a newer 8x card probably wouldn't work in your motherboard. Hope this helps.

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a 8x agp card will work in a 4x agp slot.
it will probably even run in a 2x agp slot (well.. i had for a short time a P2 266 with a fx5200 running,.. cuz the cpu of the "newer pc" was fried.)

what im saying is, it should work

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1337cshacker

agreed, we deducted in another topic that a 2x agp slot will run a 8x agp card, it will just run the speed of 2x . the real idea is, acellerated grafics port, you need 8x for stelar performance, i would upgrade mobo, a K8N, or another good VIA chipset mobo give out great performance. it will work, but the system sounds old. i build a new system about every 6 months.

Cromewell

That 2x slot will only run an 8x card if the slot is using 1.5V, if it is 3.3V you will risk frying things (they are supposed to be tolerant of it, but that doesn't gurantee they wont be harmed). The slot on your board is keyed for 3.3V so be careful what you put in there.

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