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does agpx8 provide a significant advantage over x4?

Discussion in 'Nvidia' started by Swz, Oct 24, 2003.

  1. Swz

    Swz Guest

    I'm about to get a new graphics card but my motherboard only supports x4
    speed. The card i intend to get is agpx8 (fx5600). Will the bottleneck be
    a noticable problem playing games?
    Shall i upgrade my motherboard before i get one? How noticable is the
    perfermance increase from x4 to x8?

    Thankyou all

    Swz
     
    Swz, Oct 24, 2003
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    Shep© Guest

    Don't bother.AGP 8x has been surpassed by the video memory on your
    video card.

    My 10 penn'th.



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    Shep©, Oct 24, 2003
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  3. Swz

    Swz Guest

    Don't bother upgrading the motherboard you mean? Just get there card?
    BTW i didn't know you posted here shep.

    Cheers
     
    Swz, Oct 24, 2003
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    Egil Solberg Guest

    AGP4X contra AGP8X does not mean anything at all, and should not be taken
    into consideration. Neither reagarding mobo nor video card.
     
    Egil Solberg, Oct 24, 2003
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  5. Swz

    Shep© Guest

    I'm all over M8 :)
    I mean that AGP 8X has nothing to offer over AGP 4X in real world
    graphics speeds however there are other reasons to upgrade a mother
    board like USB 2/Larger hard drive support/RAID etc which are more of
    a consideration than the make's hyped AGP 8X.
    Get the video card.Leave the mother board until you need one :)
     
    Shep©, Oct 24, 2003
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  6. Swz

    Swz Guest

    Ok nice one. Thank you very much for the help guys appreciated.

    Swz
     
    Swz, Oct 25, 2003
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    Darthy Guest

    AGP 8x may add 0~3fps... Its not much better than AGP 4x, which is not
    a big improvement in performance over AGP 2x.

    Its marketing, don't worry about.

    If you're willing to spend the money, perhaps a better video card? If
    speed *IS* a concern, the 5600 is still kinda low-end.

    But what is your current hardware? If you're still using a
    PIII-600Mhz, then you should upgrade anyways... but what do you have?
     
    Darthy, Oct 27, 2003
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