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Old 22-02-2007, 02:14 PM   #1
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I have a Compaq Model# SR1520NX 3100+ AMD Sempron Processor, It has multipul
PCI Slots but also has the One AGP slot, I have a new G-Force NVidia FX
5200PCI Video Card, will this work, or should I return it and get the Nividia
4MX 44 with AGP 8x
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Old 22-02-2007, 02:16 PM   #2
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Jake wrote:
> I have a Compaq Model# SR1520NX 3100+ AMD Sempron Processor, It has
> multipul PCI Slots but also has the One AGP slot, I have a new
> G-Force NVidia FX 5200PCI Video Card, will this work, or should I
> return it and get the Nividia 4MX 44 with AGP 8x


AGP is faster, if you have one I would use it.

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Old 22-02-2007, 03:54 PM   #3
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Get the 5200/5300 AGP version, it should be faster than the 4MX AGP card.

JS

"Jake" <Jake@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A3BA29F6-425D-42EF-844C-F93802E48823@microsoft.com...
>I have a Compaq Model# SR1520NX 3100+ AMD Sempron Processor, It has
>multipul
> PCI Slots but also has the One AGP slot, I have a new G-Force NVidia FX
> 5200PCI Video Card, will this work, or should I return it and get the
> Nividia
> 4MX 44 with AGP 8x



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Old 22-02-2007, 05:53 PM   #4
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Jake <Jake@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have a Compaq Model# SR1520NX 3100+ AMD Sempron Processor, It has multipul
>PCI Slots but also has the One AGP slot, I have a new G-Force NVidia FX
>5200PCI Video Card, will this work, or should I return it and get the Nividia
>4MX 44 with AGP 8x


AGP slots run at twice the speed of PCI slots so an AGP card should
give you better video performance than a PCI one.

Good luck

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