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Gutowski   10-26-2004 at 12:52:49 AM

My motherboard supports 4x AGP video cards, and right now I have a really lame crappy peice of junk graphics card installed. I would like to upgrade to something such as a GeForce FX 5900 or so, but they require 8x AGP. I've read somewhere before that I can still use that card, and that the '4x or 8x' AGP doesn't really matter. Before I go out and spend money on the card, I was wondering if it was possible to do this.

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Crashman   10-26-2004 at 01:01:22 AM
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Yah d00d, they're not liars, you can run an 8x card on a 4x slot and it usually doesn't make a noticeable difference.

Most of last years 8x cards even ran on 2x slots, except the 9600 series and the 9800XT, which still ran on 4x slots just fine.

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georgebeee   10-26-2004 at 03:01:17 AM
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you might wanna look into which card offers the best bang for the buck before spending your money on that model though. I think you'd be much happier with a radeon 9800 pro

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davemar14   10-26-2004 at 04:31:58 AM
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Yea. Go for a 9800 Pro. The 5900 series was not very good. The 9800 Pro has better quality and is cheaper.

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Cleeve   10-26-2004 at 05:03:16 PM
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1- You can use a 8x AGP card on a 4x AGP slot. It doesn't even make a noticable performance difference.

2- Listen to Dave! The FX5900 is a poor video chipset, the Radeon 9800 PROs are much, much better.

Unless you can afford a Geforce 6800, the Radeon 9800's are the way to go.

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