Newbe builder has a couple of ? about his new boar

lostsoul

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Hello 2 all
Well my first worry is that I see two video cards in device manager. One is AGP and other one is PCI. Is that because in bios my option is agp/pci? And does anyone know a good artric about IRQ's? I have 4 things on 2 irq's.
PCI-16 has usb univ. hub controller
PCI-16 has 9800 pro on it as well
PCI-23 has enchaned pci
PCI-23 has fasttrack on it was well.
I am also looking for a good artric about the bios for this board. Here is some info about system hope it helps. And thank you in advance for any help you throw my way.
Processor
Model : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
Speed : 2.80GHz
Performance Rating : PR3723 (estimated)
SMT Support : 2 Unit(s)
Type : Standard
L2 On-board Cache : 512kB ECC Synchronous ATC

Mainboard
Bus(es) : ISA AGP PCI IMB USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus
MP Support : 1 CPU(s)
MP APIC : Yes
System BIOS : American Megatrends Inc. 1010.004
Mainboard : ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P4C800
Total Memory : 1023MB DDR-SDRAM

Chipset 1
Model : ASUSTeK Computer Inc 82875P Memory Controller Hub
Front Side Bus Speed : 4x 200MHz (800MHz data rate)
Total Memory : 1024MB DDR-SDRAM
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 200MHz (400MHz data rate)

Video System
Monitor/Panel : SONY CPD-E540
Adapter : RADEON 9800 PRO
Adapter : RADEON 9800 PRO - Secondary
 

TKH

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The two video cards is absolutely normal as your R9800P can support two monitors (or displays), I had the same worry too when I first installed my R9700P but this is 100% normal. (If you only get one video card without the secondary you should start to worry)
The IRQ sharing is also normal on medern mobo/system because the utilisation of ACPI. ACPI helps to manage your IRQ better. So no need to worry mate, your rig is normal!

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