can i switch really need help confused

M

mikey4865

New Member
hey i have a geforce 5200 and i was wondering if i could simply take dat out and put in a bfg geforce 6800 agp?

will a gefroce 6800 even work if all i did was take out my geforce 5200?
 
Last edited:
34erd said:
Yes.

As long as you have an AGP slot on your Mobo.
Click to expand...

lol thats what i told him in his last thread and he decided to create a new one and ask again. Answer is the same no matter what thread it's in.

Since your mobo only has PCI slots, you can't run an AGP card. You need a mobo with AGP slot in it. Your 5200 is PCI, so you can't replace it with an AGP card.

EDIT: he's got an AGP slot actually..so yah now it'll work lol.
 
Thats funny cause 2 seconds ago I read over your thread lol :P


OMG now I'm really laughing lol cause I jsut read over what you said in the other thread which was replyed to what he said that was like waht i said that he wrote here after he said what i said

ROFL LOL OMG :D :D
 
Last edited:
ya it cant physicly fit in, its also a completly diffrent bus archetecture. intel first developed AGP back in i THINK 1995, dont hold it to me on the date, probally wrong, but its one of the rare things intel did right. with PCI-E running nicely, i would make the switch to PCI-E over agp (PCI-E is 16x, agp only being 8x, PCI is 4x). thats just me. it will be about a good year, or until the unreal 3 engine, x-ray engine, new ODE engine comes out until we fully utilize all of the 16x bandwidth we have, most PCI-E users today dont know its not a full usage of the 16x, but is still better. i hope i ansewered more questions than i might have arose. 34erd...i feel your pain with that card..its ok, its l33t in dx7 !!!
 
Once again one of 1337cshacker's wise words:

i would make the switch to PCI-E over agp (PCI-E is 16x, agp only being 8x, PCI is 4x).

My argument, PCI-E 16X and AGP 8X are equal in speed. Though the PCI-E slot is being developed and this has made that the PCI-E slot is sometimes faster than an AGP 8X. A PCI-E 8X would be pretty much equal to a AGP 4X, wouldn't it?
 
mrjack said:
A PCI-E 8X would be pretty much equal to a AGP 4X, wouldn't it?
Click to expand...

i dont think so.. as far as i know, is pci-e 16x much faster as 8x AGP. (well.. i thought it was 60MHz faster, and has a bigger bandwith)
but, the grafics cards dont use the full potential of the port, thats why there isnt much of a difference ;)
correct me if im wrong :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top