MOBO says 4X Video card says 8X

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Putting together a new system. MOBO is a Shuttle AK32V V3.1 and it says it
has a 32 bit AGP slot which supports 4X AGP device. I have a XFX GEFORCE fx
AGP8X video card. Can I install it on this MOBO and if so, does that mean I
can only run at 4X, even though the vid card is rated 8X?
Seems like a waste of money on this vid card if so. Any thoughts?

 

[augustus]

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"WrAvEn" <wraven@excite.com> wrote in message
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> Putting together a new system. MOBO is a Shuttle AK32V V3.1 and it says it
> has a 32 bit AGP slot which supports 4X AGP device. I have a XFX GEFORCE
fx
> AGP8X video card. Can I install it on this MOBO and if so, does that mean
I
> can only run at 4X, even though the vid card is rated 8X?
> Seems like a waste of money on this vid card if so. Any thoughts?

There's no speed difference running at 4X vs 8X.

 

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Thanx - that make me feel better. I was thinking maybe I chose the wrong
video card for my MOBO, but I guess, because you say there's no diff running
at 4X vs 8X I should be okay. Thanx again for the quick response Augustus,
I'm off to the workbench.

"Augustus" <augustus@wrtt.net> wrote in message
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>
> "WrAvEn" <wraven@excite.com> wrote in message
> news:_EnXc.10031$%m4.1740968@read2.cgocable.net...
>> Putting together a new system. MOBO is a Shuttle AK32V V3.1 and it says
>> it
>> has a 32 bit AGP slot which supports 4X AGP device. I have a XFX GEFORCE
> fx
>> AGP8X video card. Can I install it on this MOBO and if so, does that mean
> I
>> can only run at 4X, even though the vid card is rated 8X?
>> Seems like a waste of money on this vid card if so. Any thoughts?
>
> There's no speed difference running at 4X vs 8X.
>
>

 

[augustus]

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"WrAvEn" <wraven@excite.com> wrote in message
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> Thanx - that make me feel better. I was thinking maybe I chose the wrong
> video card for my MOBO, but I guess, because you say there's no diff
running
> at 4X vs 8X I should be okay. Thanx again for the quick response
Augustus,
> I'm off to the workbench.

When I first installed my 9800 Pro 128Mb in my Soltek NForce2 board, it was
stuck in AGP4X mode no matter what I did. Stayed that way until recently
when I upgraded to a 120Gig HDD and decided to do a clean install.
Benchmarks before and after were literally identical with the same Catalyst
versions.

 

[Guest]

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Thanx again Augustus for the updated info. Tonight we are installing the vid
card and will see what happens. (Crossed fingers) ...will run a benchmark
also after all is functioning and will come back here to let you know what
happens. Now going to purchase round cables and a 80gig Maxtor for the new
puppy.

"Augustus" <augustus@wrtt.net> wrote in message
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>
> "WrAvEn" <wraven@excite.com> wrote in message
> news:Y%nXc.10038$%m4.1743311@read2.cgocable.net...
>> Thanx - that make me feel better. I was thinking maybe I chose the wrong
>> video card for my MOBO, but I guess, because you say there's no diff
> running
>> at 4X vs 8X I should be okay. Thanx again for the quick response
> Augustus,
>> I'm off to the workbench.
>
> When I first installed my 9800 Pro 128Mb in my Soltek NForce2 board, it
> was
> stuck in AGP4X mode no matter what I did. Stayed that way until recently
> when I upgraded to a 120Gig HDD and decided to do a clean install.
> Benchmarks before and after were literally identical with the same
> Catalyst
> versions.
>
>