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rich3929   09-22-2003 at 03:22:51 AM

I'm currently looking to buy a new video card, and I noticed that my motherboard only supports up to 4x. What advice can people here offer me about whether or not to buy a new video card that runs at 8x? Is there any noticable difference between the two? Will I be missing out on something major by not having a better motherboard?

Here's my current system, if it helps/matters.

Athlon XP 1800 (Origianally planned on upgrading to a 2600)
1 Gig ram
Geforce 3 Ti200
Soltek SL-75DRV2

Speaking of my processor updgrade, I have another similar question. Since my motherboard only supports a front side bus up to 233 mhz, will I be able to run the 2600 below it's 333 capability? Will that make any noticable difference?

That a bunch ahead of time,

-Rich

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Ion   09-22-2003 at 03:32:18 AM
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There is no difference between 4x and 8x currently, future games "may" give favour 8x though.

That 233mhz was a typo? I think you meant 266mhz right? And there is no problem with downclocking the processor so the M/B can run it :smile:

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rich3929   09-22-2003 at 03:47:38 AM
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Yeah, sorry... I meant 266 there. It's good to hear that there isn't any major problem with doing that. Will I take some huge performance hit though?

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