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Geforce 4 Question

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Boy18

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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?
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 


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.


 
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