Radeon 9800 pro 128 - AGP slot question + Doom 3

[Jim N]

Hi,

Can any of you guys tell me if a Radeon 9800 pro 128mb card is compatible in
a agp 4x slot (albeit slower) ??

My motherboard seems only to support AGP x4 and the card states it is AGP x8

my system at the mo is:

Intel pentium 1.9gig processor
768mb ram
Nvidia geoforce 3 ti 300

I really want a performance boost for Doom 3 and Rome Total war stc

Is it worth going for?????

Thanks for your help

Jimbo

 

[JK]

Upgrade to an Athlon 64 processor first.

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2149&p=7

 

[YanquiDawg]

Yes.Any 8X agp card will work in a 4x agp slot.

 

[kony]

Hi,

Can any of you guys tell me if a Radeon 9800 pro 128mb card is compatible in
a agp 4x slot (albeit slower) ??

My motherboard seems only to support AGP x4 and the card states it is AGP x8

my system at the mo is:

Intel pentium 1.9gig processor
768mb ram
Nvidia geoforce 3 ti 300

I really want a performance boost for Doom 3 and Rome Total war stc

Is it worth going for?????

It is compatible with 4X AGP slot.
Check your power supply to be sure it has ample capacity for this
upgrade.

A P4 1.9 GHz would be a significant bottleneck with the new card,
yet the new card is the biggest single-point upgrade that would
improve performance.

 

[JK]

Read the full article.

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2149&p=1

 

[Jerry G.]

It should work, but you will not get the full benefit of the card's full
performance.

--

Jerry G.
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Hi,

Can any of you guys tell me if a Radeon 9800 pro 128mb card is compatible in
a agp 4x slot (albeit slower) ??

My motherboard seems only to support AGP x4 and the card states it is AGP x8

my system at the mo is:

Intel pentium 1.9gig processor
768mb ram
Nvidia geoforce 3 ti 300

I really want a performance boost for Doom 3 and Rome Total war stc

Is it worth going for?????

Thanks for your help

Jimbo

 

[Stephen Gordon]

Upgrade to an Athlon 64 processor first.

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2149&p=7

Jim N wrote:

Seriously dude at least answer the original question.

-Steve

 

[JK]

Upgrading to an Athlon 64 and motherboard for it would give him 8x agp.
Problem solved.

 

[Stephen Gordon]

Upgrading to an Athlon 64 and motherboard for it would give him 8x agp.
Problem solved.

The orginal question:

Can any of you guys tell me if a Radeon 9800 pro 128mb card is compatible in
a agp 4x slot (albeit slower) ??

The answer to that is 'yes'.

-Steve

 

[Michael Culley]

A P4 1.9 GHz would be a significant bottleneck with the new card,
yet the new card is the biggest single-point upgrade that would
improve performance.

It's getting pretty silly when a 1.9ghz processor is considered a bottleneck. My first PC was 1mhz

 

[patrick]

It's getting pretty silly when a 1.9ghz processor is considered a bottleneck. My first PC was 1mhz

I built a Heathkit H89, that ran at 1.77 mhz, with 16kb of RAM, that I
piggy-backed three others onto, for 64KB, Whooeee! Whippeeee! It was
FAST! Games were in ASCII!

Fastest machine in my 28 units here now, is an AMD 2000+ (1.666mhz!),
while the slowest is a Packard Bell SX300, 386-20 (20 mhz!)!

25 of my machines are running GNU/Linux! Fastest, most secure in
comparison with MS prods.

I keep three systems on MS to do test comparisons... (they usually fail,
miserably!), and, the MS required updates, spyware, adware, AV, and
patches are definitely NOT worth the expense!!

Latest card in my setup is the ATI Radeon 9600-128Mb.