Radeon 9800 pro 128 - AGP slot question + Doom 3

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

Upgrade to an Athlon 64 processor first.

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

Jim N wrote:

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

Yes.Any 8X agp card will work in a 4x agp slot.
Can any of you guys tell me if a Radeon 9800 pro 128mb card is compatible in
a agp 4x slot (albeit slower) ?

On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 23:02:31 +0100, "Jim N"
wrote:

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.

Read the full article.

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

Jim N wrote:

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

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

--

Jerry G.
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"Jim N" wrote in message
...
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 wrote:
Upgrade to an Athlon 64 processor first.

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

Jim N wrote:


Seriously dude at least answer the original question.

-Steve

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

Stephen Gordon wrote:

JK wrote:
Upgrade to an Athlon 64 processor first.

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

Jim N wrote:


Seriously dude at least answer the original question.

-Steve

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

The orginal question:

Jim N wrote:
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

"kony" wrote in message ...
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 :-)

--
Michael Culley