Radeon 9800 pro 128 - AGP slot question + Doom 3

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If you are very much into Doom 3, then you should upgrade to an Athlon 64
processor.

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipse [...] i=2149&p=7

Once you have that and a new motherboard for it, then you should
get a nice video card. An Athlon64 3000+ and a motherboard for it is
only around $250.

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

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On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 18:57:40 -0400, David Besack
<daveREMOVEbesack@mac.com> wrote:

> As far as I know, ALL 8x AGP cards are 4x compatible, and they will NOT
> run any slower in a 4x slot.

Eh?! You've got half the bus bandwidth, of course its gonna run slower...!

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A Geforce 6800 Ultra or 6800 GT video card together with an Athlon 64
processor would be great for Doom 3.

http://www2.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NjQyLDM=
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipse [...] i=2149&p=7

JK wrote:

> If you are very much into Doom 3, then you should upgrade to an Athlon 64
> processor.
>
> http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipse [...] i=2149&p=7
>
> Once you have that and a new motherboard for it, then you should
> get a nice video card. An Athlon64 3000+ and a motherboard for it is
> only around $250.
>
> 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

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> OK, I'm going into the realm of educated guessing now, since I haven't
> looked up the technicals on the 9800, but I would have thought that one of
> the latest cards like this would use more than the 4x bandwidth.

I don't know exactly either, but I'm sure some of the latest cards out there
now would definitely prove me wrong