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"Paul" <nospam@needed.com> wrote in message
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> In article <3j9cq8Fohv0fU1@individual.net>, "Jdr" <jdr@msn.net> wrote:
>
>> Paul,
>> what kind of graphic card you're using
>> with P4P800-E Deluxe?
>> I have this mo/bo and am not sure about what graphic card
>> should I use, in the light of User's Guide p.2-17 (2.6.4)
>> I intended to use ATI Radeon 9550 Sapphire(256MB),
>> but I'm not sure whether this gr.card meets
>> Asus mo/bo requirement.
>> Jdr
>
> I use an ATI 9800pro in winter and an Nvidia FX5200 in summer.
> I only run the A.C. at night, and removing the 9800pro is one
> less source of heat. In winter, the extra heat is welcome
>
> video card 9800pro fx5200
> idle 1.78A 1.37A <--- wall current 120VAC
> 3dmark2001 2.75A 1.80A <--- wall current 120VAC
> 3dmark_value 14838marks 5454marks
>
> The warning note in the manual is for some early boards. And,
> the thing is, if you contact ATI, they won't agree with Asus's
> analysis of the situation. In any case, your card is not one
> of the two listed on that page.
>
> You'll notice on that manual page, there is a picture and
> a highlight that says "keyed for 1.5V". As long as your
> video card has the hole in the right place, it should fit
> the board. Judging by these example pages, any video card
> made in the last couple of years supports 1.5V, whether it
> is Nvidia or ATI. I'm not aware of an Nvidia page similar to
> these two (and these pages have been removed from ATI's site -
> what possessed them to do that is beyond me).
>
>
http://web.archive.org/web/20041014040007/http://mirror.ati.com/support/faq/agpchart.html
>
>
http://web.archive.org/web/20041103055247/http://www.ati.com/support/agpchart/agp.html
>
> Another source of info is this page. Go to the table "Practical
> Motherboard And Card Compatibility". P4C800-E is fourth row down
> "Universal 1.5V AGP 3.0 Motherboard". Only an old 3.3V only card
> won't fit. Tables further down the page, allow you to figure out,
> based on the chipset on the motherboard, and on the video card,
> just what will work.
>
>
http://www.playtool.com/pages/agpcompat/agp.html
>
> A good summary page for specs is here. This page allows you
> to see the overlap in performance between generations (remembering
> of course, that the DirectX feature set is changing along the way,
> so later cards are a better match for current game design). It
> is interesting to see, for example, how many cards a TI4200 is better
> than.
>
>
http://www.benchmark.pl/artykuly/zestawienie_GPU_2/skala_wydajnosci.html
>
> These are the last two AGP comparisons on Tomshardware. Some
> of the charts are CPU-limited, meaning the fastest cards are
> only really needed if you want super-high resolution or AA
> turned on.
>
>
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20050705/index.html
>
http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041004/index.html
>
> HTH,
> Paul
Thank you Paul for this clear explanation of a bit confusing
matter. I'll sit and study your indications. I'm not surprised
at all by your swapping the graphic card between winter
and summer. here in Scotland , and in this "summer"
particularly, we can use an extra heat too...;-)
Best as ever Paul, and thank for your help.
Joe