AGP different types? need help pls...

[locutus12]

Hi all, im helping a friend to upgrade his sytem a touch as its really dying here, especially now that he has broadband with AOHELL (only took 3 years of nagging to get him off dial up...)

current spec:
1000Mhz AMD Duron (currently 75oC !!! )
256mb pc133 ram (2X 128)
GF4MX 400 32mb AGP
Gigabyte 7IXE4 mobo http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products...?ProductID=1364

trying to upgrade him to:
1400Mhz Athlon (with new HSF)
512mb ram
same board

but with a 9200SE ... now can someone take a look at the board spec from the link ive given and tell me if i can run a 9200SE on it? also it says AGP2X. now i know the 9200SE isnt exactly a performance card but will it be hampered by the 2X AGP ? (provided it can run at all on the board ??? )


the boards been damn good actually, i bought it in 2000 and sold it to my friend in 2001 and its been great ever since, but things have changed a lot since then and im a little unsure...

 

[kona ryan]

should be fine with any recent agp card. will it not take an XP chip?

 

[locutus12]

alass no max cpu it can take without OC or under clocking is 1400mhz as mas fsb is 200.

 

[Zephyrus]

As far as i remember AGP is usually backwards compatible so 2X should be fine.

Zeph.

 

[ajgoodfellow]

Often the newer cards aren't

AGP 1x/2x has the slot in a different place on the motherboard and runs at 3.3V vs 1.8V

The GeForce 4 Ti has two slots on it's connector so it'll fit. If it only has one slot check that the left hand side of the slot is larger than the right. If it's the other way around, like most new cards, it's an AGP 4x/8x card

 

[Zephyrus]

I stand corrected

 

[locutus12]

Damn, its 3.3V AGP so i take it the 9200SE is out? anyone got any idea what cards i can use on this that i can grab for under £20 ??

 

[ajgoodfellow]

Damn, its 3.3V AGP so i take it the 9200SE is out? anyone got any idea what cards i can use on this that i can grab for under £20 ??

Second hand GeForce 4 Ti4200

Great card in its day and still a good card now

 

[locutus12]

oh indeed, i had one!! but i dont often see them around, and when i do they go for £30 ish how much would you say a GF3ti200 128mb is worth? (and is it any better than an mx400 ? )

 

[ajgoodfellow]

oh indeed, i had one!! but i dont often see them around, and when i do they go for £30 ish how much would you say a GF3ti200 128mb is worth? (and is it any better than an mx400 ? )

You should be able to find that for about £20 and it's a fair bit better than the MX400