My MOBO is AGP 4x, do I buy an AGP 8x card?

[LowTeck]

Hey guys, quick question:

I assume most of the new vid cards (Radeon 9800 etc) can make use of the AGP 8x, and I don't assume that they make the 4x versions of the same card for cheaper?

Is this correct?


Also - just to be sure, an AGP 8x will run on my MOBO, though at the slower 4x speed right?

Thanks guys.

 

[Big Lar]

What Mobo are you running?

 

[Schadenfroh]

4x agp slots work with 8x agp graphics boards

 

[Peter]

... just as well as the other way round.

 

[RussianSensation]

...and since 8x doesnt provide any negligible performance increases over 8x you aren't missing much.

 

[LowTeck]

Russian Sensation: Though my question didn't directly ask it, that is the answer I was looking for.

Thanks guys!

 

[ForceCalibur]

Originally posted by: RussianSensation
...and since 8x doesnt provide any negligible performance increases over 8x you aren't missing much.

You mean DOES provide negligible performance increase

 

[Bling]

When are PCI-Express video cards expected to hit the market?

 

[Matthias99]

ATI is supposed to be announcing their PCI-E cards at Computex next week. Intel's PCI-E motherboards are expected out in the next month. I haven't seen any dates for specific PCI-E graphics cards, but they should be out within a month or two... certainly a full line of them from ATI by the end of the year, and probably the same from NVIDIA.

 

[naddicott]

From what I've read about my 4x AGP board (Asus P4S533), users have been having problems running 8x AGP graphics cards. Not sure what the issue is, perhaps the motherboard isn't getting enough power to the newer cards or something. I would reccomend looking into your specific Motherboard (on manufacturer specific forums or whatnot) to double check.