Difference between 4X and 8X AGP?

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Limp Gawd
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My older Intel board D845PEBT2 only handles up to 4X AGP.

I was wondering how much I will miss out on, if anything, by this limitation when I go from an ATI 9800pro to either a 7800GS or 6800GS?
 
It's just double the bandwidth between system memory and the GPU, which doesn't affect many games to a large extent, last I checked.
 
Cypher19 said:
It's just double the bandwidth between system memory and the GPU, which doesn't affect many games to a large extent, last I checked.
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He is right it doesn't effect games, it effects how fast your card can feed information to your CPU..not all AGP 8X cards are backwards compatible with 4x, 99.9% are though, but you better check..

I wouldn't go all out on that kind of card spending that much with an older chipset that you are running, your CPU probably isnt fast enough to push those cards to their potential..

Personally I would save up and make the PCI-e/ddr2 jump if I were you.. in the long run you would see a TON of performance hike, since the total system memory bandwidth is increased as well as expandability options with PCI-e cards in the future.
 
"Personally I would save up and make the PCI-e/ddr2 jump if I were you.. in the long run you would see a TON of performance hike, since the total system memory bandwidth is increased as well as expandability options with PCI-e cards in the future."



yep time to upgrade your core system.

it would be a waste for you, at most consider a 6600gt (sideways movement with sm3), and just hold out until you buy a pci-e system.

your power supply would likley bottom out, and 7800gs is longer than that mobo, lots of risks for your system,

save and upgrade, save and upgrade.
 
Ocean said:
"Personally I would save up and make the PCI-e/ddr2 jump if I were you.. in the long run you would see a TON of performance hike, since the total system memory bandwidth is increased as well as expandability options with PCI-e cards in the future."



yep time to upgrade your core system.

it would be a waste for you, at most consider a 6600gt (sideways movement with sm3), and just hold out until you buy a pci-e system.

your power supply would likley bottom out, and 7800gs is longer than that mobo, lots of risks for your system,

save and upgrade, save and upgrade.
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Well...I ordered an eVGA 6800GS last night, before I read your take.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1755110&CatId=0
I simply am not going to be able to upgrade my computer for the foreseeable future.
I have a big Antec case with lots of room and a Thermaltake TR2 430W PS so hopefully this works out.
I am replacing an ATI 9800pro card.
 
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