AGP or PCI?

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My Motherboard has an AGP slot rated up to 4x which currently holds my old
NVidia Vanta card. I just ordered a new GeForce FX5200 video card which can
run at AGP 8x. This card, despite its faster 8x spec rating , will run in
my AGP 4x slot, wont it?

Incidentally, I also have a free PCI (non pci express) slot. The video card
I ordered comes in a PCI configuration as well. Would I experience any
performance difference between the video card I ordered and the PCI one
running in my pc?

Thanks.
 
My Motherboard has an AGP slot rated up to 4x which currently holds my old
NVidia Vanta card. I just ordered a new GeForce FX5200 video card which can
run at AGP 8x. This card, despite its faster 8x spec rating , will run in
my AGP 4x slot, wont it?

Incidentally, I also have a free PCI (non pci express) slot. The video card
I ordered comes in a PCI configuration as well. Would I experience any
performance difference between the video card I ordered and the PCI one
running in my pc?

Thanks.
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PCI=33mhz
AGP=66mhz

PCI can't make use of AGP aperature where if the vid card runs out of
video memory for textures it can use system ram for textures.
 
Now, if only the 8x apg card is downward compatible so that it runs without
problems in the agp 4x slot I have to put it in, Ill be happy.

thanks.
 
Boostm3 said:
Now, if only the 8x apg card is downward compatible so that it runs without
problems in the agp 4x slot I have to put it in, Ill be happy.
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There are Web pages that cover this stuff. Google is your friend.
 
Boostm3 said:
Now, if only the 8x apg card is downward compatible so that it runs without
problems in the agp 4x slot I have to put it in, Ill be happy.
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It almost surely does. Virtually all recent AGP cards, like the FX5200 you
bought, are AGP 4X/8X. So, no worries.

Just one question: Why didn't you look up the specifications of the card
*before* you bought it? }:)


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Boostm3 said:
My Motherboard has an AGP slot rated up to 4x which currently holds my old
NVidia Vanta card. I just ordered a new GeForce FX5200 video card which can
run at AGP 8x. This card, despite its faster 8x spec rating , will run in
my AGP 4x slot, wont it?

Incidentally, I also have a free PCI (non pci express) slot. The video card
I ordered comes in a PCI configuration as well. Would I experience any
performance difference between the video card I ordered and the PCI one
running in my pc?

Thanks.
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I've been wondering about some of these same questions myself for the
last week or two. I have a AGP 4X slot in my computer and I am looking
to upgrade. I found a PDF on Nvidia's web site (Title: Nvidia Technical
Brief, AGP 8X, Evolving the Graphics Interface. Sorry, I don't know the
link). It states, in the "Compatibility" section, that Nvidia cards can
detect the AGP level of the system and work OK at 2X and 4X speeds.

As far as the PCI slot, I think all these cards today would use PCI
express (if not AGP) and will not work in standard PCI slots, if that
was your meaning. In fact, I don't think they'll even work in standard
PCI express slots, they need either 8X or 16X PCIe. But any new mother
board with PCIe would have those anyway.

Hope that helps,
Jon
 
Now, if only the 8x apg card is downward compatible so that it runs without
problems in the agp 4x slot I have to put it in, Ill be happy.

thanks.
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Yes, it will be backwards compatibile with 4X AGP.
 
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