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aks   12-06-2002 at 12:07:32 AM

Hi,

Apologies if this question has been asked before, but I did try to trawl through recent posts. A search facility would have been handy!

Anyways, I am looking to upgrade my PC and decided to get the Asus A7V8X mobo. I was not looking to upgrade my graphics card, which is a ATI 2X, but I read a review saying that the A7V8X supports AGP 3.0 which means it is only backward compatible with 4X cards. Is this true???

I tried contacting Asus about this but no luck. I had a look at the mobo manual and it seems to be correct. But then the technical guys at the shop I am looking to buy the mobo from assure that me 2X graphic cards will work on the mobo. I guess they could be just saying that to get me to buy it, so I thought I'd post on here to see if anyone could help.

Cheers!

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aks   12-06-2002 at 12:26:22 AM
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Haha, I just found the search facility!!! Did a quick search, satisfied no one has asked this question before. But now am concerned because I read a few posts stating that maybe the KT400 chipset is not the way to go. I initially planned to get the Asus A7V333 mobo (using KT333) but then saw the A7V8X was only a tad more money and thinking that it used the latest chipset that it would be better. But maybe that is not the case. I guess if the A7V8X doesn't support 2X AGP then I will go for the A7V333.

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Dreadnaught   12-06-2002 at 03:43:26 AM
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yeah only supports 4/8x the 400mobos are good cuz they still do the 333 but have the newer features. but your card isnt compatable. some nice cards for 100-150 now adays though.

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aks   12-06-2002 at 03:45:31 PM
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Damn, just what I dreaded. So my next question is...is the A7V8X mobo so much better than the A7V333 that I should fork out the money for a new graphics card?

I know the A7V333 has about 30 jumpers and no overheat protection (i think). How does the A7V8X fair in these areas?

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bdaley   12-09-2002 at 08:01:22 PM
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The a7v8x is "jumperless" and does have ASUS COP (CPU Overheat Protection).

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RCPilot   12-09-2002 at 08:08:14 PM
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Do a seach on my name for recent posts & you'll have your answer.

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toss5000   12-09-2002 at 11:36:11 PM
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Get an Asus A7N8X about $150. KT400 just sucks. Then get at Geforce 4 Ti4200 for around $120-$130.

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