Geforce 4200 and 2x AGP

[Dr_Schnull]

Hi there just got myself a Gainward 4200 Golden Sample with 128 Mb ram (Proud Proud). My qestion does 2x AGP really so much worse in performance than a 4 X AGP port?
Cheers
Dr Schnull

 

[valmojado]

I'm also interested in any replies.

I'm thinking about buying a similar card (64mb version) and have an old mobo (GA-6VXE7) that according to the spec. supports AGP 2x only. Searching for my particular board and "AGP" tends to give links to pages in Russian and Chinese

My previous searches on the 2x/4x issue have given the impression that there is not a massive perf. diff. between the two. Other posters have suggested that it's more of a marketing gimic than anything...

 

[Ghostdog]

Both of you should be fine with AGP 2x.

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[Crashman]

It only hurts a little.

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[Unolocogringo]

From my experience 4x is about 5% faster than 2x at best. Neither of you will notice the difference.

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[Goaty]

I'm looking at buying this exact same card from KustomPC's.

My scenario is slightly different though. I have to make sure that the card can run at AGP4x. Excuse me if i'm being a numpty but are you asking this because the Gainwood card only runs at AGP 2x or does it run 4x also.

If you buy a card that says it is AGP 2x/4x in the spec does that mean that is is an AGP 4x but will also run in a 2x slot, or is it capable of both via jumpers?

How this defined on the Gainwood board you brought?

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