Geforce 4 Question

[Boy18]

I'm thinking about to buy a new video card. I wonder if that card would work on my system.

The specifications says , that geforce 4 would be AGP8X card but my motherboard does support AGP4X.
Do I need to upgrade my motherboard or can I use my motherboard for this particular card?
I have a QDI Kinetiz 7b , AMD Athlon Thunderbird 800MHz, and 384mb SDRAM PC133 memory.

I would appreciate if someone could tell me all about this. My question is this!

Can I use a GeForce 4 in my system and would it increase the overall speed?

 

[Mingon]

Most AGP cards only have a problem with motherboards when the agp voltage is changed - agp 8x is similar in working to say ata133, in that the interface has increased speed but that it can operate at the slower speeds as well.

 

[Actaeon]

Personally, If I had that CPU, and you wern't planning to upgrade soon, I'd go with a Geforce 3 Ti200. Anything more than that, IMO is a waste. Your computer will be bottlenecked by that CPU.

If you plan on getting the GF4 Ti500 or Ti1000, I suggest a 1.5+GHZ CPU.

But yes, you could use a GF4 in your computer.

 

[StrykeGod]

you should wait for the geforce4 MX cards come out and get one of those, whichever fits your budget. the top end MX SHOULD BE faster than the Ti200, but i cant really give a positive answer cause i havent seen any numbers.

 

[Rand]

AGP 8X is backwards compatible, and you will be able to run it on your motherboard. That said, you will be severely processor limited.
Even with a GF2 Ti you would be somewhat processor limited, I doubt you'd gain much with a GF4 over a GF2 Ti as your processor will be holding it back.

For that reason you may consider a Radeon 7500 or GF2 Ti, or if you want DX8 hardware support then a Radeon 8500 would be nice.... better buy then the GF3 Ti200.

 

[Boy18]

What motherboard and proccessor should I get?

Any advices!

 

[toadstool]

Personally, I would just get the best card i could afford.

If you want the Geforce 4, get that. Eventually, you're going to upgrade the rest of your system (processors are a lot cheaper these days than they used to be), and you'll just be kicking yourself for not getting the card when you had the chance.

i don't see the point in paying $200 for a Ti200 card, and then paying another $300-400 dollars for the geforce 4 later on.

You may not see as much benefit from the card as you would on a faster system, but it will last you longer than the Ti200 would (will be outdated in a year) and when you upgrade the rest of your system, you'll be happy that you bought it.