Importance of motherboard...

[kebb]

I am thinking of buying an ASUS 7100 (Geforce 2 MX) which supports up to 4x AGP.
The problem is that right now I only have a standard ATX-BX2 mainboard, which only supports AGP 66/133 MHz 3.3v device support (I think that means 2x AGP).

Now, do I loose much speed (graphicscard-performance) by continuing on my old motherboard with a brand new Geforce 2 MX?

My sys:

PIII/500
128 SDRAM
currently I run with an ASUS V3800 (tnt2 ultra, but it runs too slow)
19GB HDD
blablabla

 

[Mem]

No there is only 1 or 2 fps difference between AGP2X & AGP4X at the moment so don`t worry too much about this.

 

[Henry Kuo]

AGP 2x already solves most of the bottleneck problem on the bus. you won't get much benefit from 4x

 

[kebb]

Thanks for the help,
but will the quality of the mainboard delay the speed of the graphicscard - it's just, all thoose overclockers use the newest ASUS or ABIT mainboards and mine is just of a less known german fabrikate.

Take note, that my motherboard was designed for running PII but I've set it up with a PIII/500 and it works fine (unless I overclock to 600 MHz).

 

[Dark4ng3l]

If its a katmai p3 600mhz is probably too high. I dont think its a motherboard problem just your cpu or ram hiting it's limits.