AGI 8X and 7900GTO?

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Okay So I found a board... http://www.asrock.com/product/P4Dual-915GL.htm

I noticed it was a 8X pci-e slot.. so i went But thats okay I guess. still wanting to upgrade from what I have now.

Then I clicked on AGI Express support list!? What is AGI I am now looking at video cards that it supports.. I dont see any 7 series cards (what I was going to get) on the list. What I am wanting to ask is.

1. Will at 7900GT or a 7900GTO work with this board?

2. If It will work will I have any prob's?

3. What kind of fps will I be looking at with a 7900GT or GTO with the 8X slot with 1440x900 Res.

I hope this is not to much to ask and I have aksed the right things.
 
Those cards will not work with that board. AGI does not support x16 cards.

From what I understand, AGI is basically a PCI-E 4x bus, and after reading some reviews of this particular board, it seems that AGP and PCI cards that are used run at 4x only.
 
Bump

I know a person on another forum with same board and his 7600GT works..?
 
I have a p4 478 :( I just put together this computer to.. So i kinda want to keep it but I want better fps.
 
Unless there's some incompatibility that I don't know of, you're fine. No card even comes close to using all the bandwidth from PCI-E x8, much less x16 (actually, 8800 GTX might use x8). Any performance hit with a 7-series card would be tiny and not noticeable.
 
ASRock clearly states on their compatibality list that they do not recommend the use of x16 cards with this board. I would assume that there is a reason.

There are still some 478 boards available, as suggested earlier, you may want to look for a different board.
 
If that's true (and it might very well be), it's because of an incompatibility. The bandwidth is a non-issue.
 
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