9800pro and 4x AGP?

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I have an ATI 9800pro on an Intel Blue Mountain 2 D845PEBT2 that runs at
4x max for the AGP port.

My CPU is an Intel 2.53 @ 533MHz FSB and 1 gig of Crucial 333DDR ram.

Will an upgrade, to an 8x AGP motherboard, bring a noticable change in
graphics speed for games like Doom 3, Far Cry, and the upcoming HL2?

I am thinking that will give me the most bang for the buck, as an
upgrade, short of replacing everything?

Thanks
 
SHRED said:
I have an ATI 9800pro on an Intel Blue Mountain 2 D845PEBT2 that runs at 4x
max for the AGP port.

My CPU is an Intel 2.53 @ 533MHz FSB and 1 gig of Crucial 333DDR ram.

Will an upgrade, to an 8x AGP motherboard, bring a noticable change in
graphics speed for games like Doom 3, Far Cry, and the upcoming HL2?

I am thinking that will give me the most bang for the buck, as an upgrade,
short of replacing everything?

Thanks
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No. There is not much difference in performance of 4X to 8X AGP.
 
SHRED said:
I have an ATI 9800pro on an Intel Blue Mountain 2 D845PEBT2 that runs at 4x
max for the AGP port.

My CPU is an Intel 2.53 @ 533MHz FSB and 1 gig of Crucial 333DDR ram.

Will an upgrade, to an 8x AGP motherboard, bring a noticable change in
graphics speed for games like Doom 3, Far Cry, and the upcoming HL2?

I am thinking that will give me the most bang for the buck, as an upgrade,
short of replacing everything?

Thanks
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I've heard that the difference is negligible, at best. My setup is similar
to yours and I was considering the upgrade as well. I'm still going to
upgrade, but that's because I want to upgrade my processor as well.
 
SHRED said:
I have an ATI 9800pro on an Intel Blue Mountain 2 D845PEBT2 that runs at 4x
max for the AGP port.

My CPU is an Intel 2.53 @ 533MHz FSB and 1 gig of Crucial 333DDR ram.

Will an upgrade, to an 8x AGP motherboard, bring a noticable change in
graphics speed for games like Doom 3, Far Cry, and the upcoming HL2?

I am thinking that will give me the most bang for the buck, as an upgrade,
short of replacing everything?

Thanks
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Not as far as 8x vs 4x you won't see much difference, but if you upgrade to
a 800fsb motherboard with 8x and overclocking capability, you can probably
clock your cpu to 2.8Ghz or more and you would see definite improvement from
that.
 
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