4x AGP vs 8x AGP

topbob · Sep 15, 2004, 12:17 AM

Hello, I recently found out that my mobo only supports 4x AGP. I was planning on upgrading my video card from my radeon 9700, to a radeon x800 xt platinum.
I plan on using it for next-gen 3d shooter engines, mostly Half-life 2.
My question is, first off, will it even run on a 4x AGP slot, I've seen the box of the platinum and it says 8x/4x, but when I look at sites it says its strictly only 8x AGP. This is kind of confusing me, isn't it just backwards compatable?
Also, would I still get great preformance out of the x800 xt platinum in new age engines like Half-life 2 running at 4x AGP?
How big of a difference is there between 4x and 8x AGP?
Thanks a lot.
-topbob

p0rChM0nK3y · Sep 15, 2004, 12:27 AM

The x800XT is a PCI-e i believe

mainman · Sep 15, 2004, 12:28 AM

Well first off welcome to DriverHeaven!!

About your question, yes it will run on your mobo, but the thing is with these new vidcards if you have a "old" slow CPU/System you wont see any major diference from your previous card cuz your system wont handle your card the way its suposed to run. I would recomend you upgrading your mobo/cpu/ram first and then buy a high end card. Its like runing a Ferrari with a sh*tty engine, it not the same.

Ev!L-aLphA · Sep 15, 2004, 12:33 AM

Welcome to the forums bro!
yes the card will run even at 2x agp it just says that 8x is the maximum agp u can set it as

what are ur current system specs??? cuz if u get that card like mainman said and u have a old cpu/ram/mobo the card will not do much and wont perfrom at its best

topbob · Sep 15, 2004, 12:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mainman

Well first off welcome to DriverHeaven!!

About your question, yes it will run on your mobo, but the thing is with these new vidcards if you have a "old" slow CPU/System you wont see any major diference from your previous card cuz your system wont handle your card the way its suposed to run. I would recomend you upgrading your mobo/cpu/ram first and then buy a high end card. Its like runing a Ferrari with a sh*tty engine, it not the same.

hehe, thanks,
about my system, I'm pretty sure it should be able to handle new age games, atleast i think, Its a dell dimention 8250, has a P4 2.4GHz 512k cache, and I believe 533mhz FSB and I got 1gb of RDRAM PC1033. do you think my system is capable of preforming well in the new engines?
thanks again.

mainman · Sep 15, 2004, 12:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by topbob

hehe, thanks,
about my system, I'm pretty sure it should be able to handle new age games, atleast i think, Its a dell dimention 8250, has a P4 2.4GHz 512k cache, and I believe 533mhz FSB and I got 1gb of RDRAM PC1033. do you think my system is capable of preforming well in the new engines?
thanks again.

Well, it "should" be able to handle new age games, but like i said before, its not gonna take full advantage of the card, games like Doom3 are very system intensive games, specially Cpu/Ram/Vidcard. I see people every single day in driverheaven complain cuz they got a brand new spanking high end card but they see no diference in performance in games, and thats cuz there system just cant handle the new high end vidcards "power". But its up to you in the end, and this vidcard is trully and amazing piece of hardware.

Nacht · Sep 15, 2004, 03:55 PM

you should be fine...ive got my 6800GT in a similar system, and score about 11.5k in 3dmark03 (hope to break 12k when i get rid of this crap ram). you could OC your cpu and get a good deal more out of it.

Sep 15, 2004, 12:17 AM	#1
topbob DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: SFBA, CA, USA Posts: 456 Rep Power: 32 System Specs	4x AGP vs 8x AGP Hello, I recently found out that my mobo only supports 4x AGP. I was planning on upgrading my video card from my radeon 9700, to a radeon x800 xt platinum. I plan on using it for next-gen 3d shooter engines, mostly Half-life 2. My question is, first off, will it even run on a 4x AGP slot, I've seen the box of the platinum and it says 8x/4x, but when I look at sites it says its strictly only 8x AGP. This is kind of confusing me, isn't it just backwards compatable? Also, would I still get great preformance out of the x800 xt platinum in new age engines like Half-life 2 running at 4x AGP? How big of a difference is there between 4x and 8x AGP? Thanks a lot. -topbob

Sep 15, 2004, 12:27 AM	#2
p0rChM0nK3y DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Oceanside, CA Posts: 179 Rep Power: 0	The x800XT is a PCI-e i believe __________________ Intel Pentium 4c 2.6 @ 3.1ghz (27c idle, 34c load) Asus P4P800 Corsair XMS 2x512mb DDR400 Maxtor MaXline III 250gb SATA150 Plextor DVD-RW PX-716A Samsung Syncmaster 17" Antec Sonata II w/ Antec SmartPower 2.0 Windows XP Pro

Sep 15, 2004, 12:28 AM	#3
mainman Mr. Nobody Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: OmniPresent Nightwatcher Posts: 5,939 Rep Power: 53	Well first off welcome to DriverHeaven!! About your question, yes it will run on your mobo, but the thing is with these new vidcards if you have a "old" slow CPU/System you wont see any major diference from your previous card cuz your system wont handle your card the way its suposed to run. I would recomend you upgrading your mobo/cpu/ram first and then buy a high end card. Its like runing a Ferrari with a sh*tty engine, it not the same. __________________

Sep 15, 2004, 12:33 AM	#4
Ev!L-aLphA \| n f e c t e D Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: California Posts: 4,116 Rep Power: 46	Welcome to the forums bro! yes the card will run even at 2x agp it just says that 8x is the maximum agp u can set it as what are ur current system specs??? cuz if u get that card like mainman said and u have a old cpu/ram/mobo the card will not do much and wont perfrom at its best __________________ R.I.P 8/8/04 4/21/08

Sep 15, 2004, 03:55 PM	#7
Nacht ein Krieger Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Clemson Uni Posts: 3,127 Rep Power: 0	you should be fine...ive got my 6800GT in a similar system, and score about 11.5k in 3dmark03 (hope to break 12k when i get rid of this crap ram). you could OC your cpu and get a good deal more out of it.