GPU/mobo compatibility question

FishPolice · 27 Mar 2007 at 10:06

Will the XFX GeForce 6800 GS 256MB GDDR3 work in my son's ancient Abit KR7-A RAID/XP1600+ setup? Seems a great price at £49.99 & hopefully a decent upgrade from his GF3. He will eventually have a decent skt939 system to use it in.

Dr_Evil · 27 Mar 2007 at 10:08

Depends if the card is AGP or PCI-E and if your motherboard supports that.

FishPolice · 27 Mar 2007 at 10:10

Its an AGP card.
XFX GeForce 6800 GS 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (AGP) - Retail

I don't see why it wouldn't work but just thought I'd ask anyway.

Dr_Evil · 27 Mar 2007 at 10:13

I assume it's AGP 8x, check the specs for your MB if it's AGP 8x you're good to go. Make sure you have a decent power supply though (300 W at least i think)

Darg · 27 Mar 2007 at 10:23

Even if the mobo is AGP 4X then it should still work. Technically all agp gfx cards are backwards compatible in that way.

Dr_Evil · 27 Mar 2007 at 10:24

Darg said:
Even if the mobo is AGP 4X then it should still work. Technically all agp gfx cards are backwards compatible in that way.

I thought it was the other way around - mobo's supporting AGP 8x also support AGP 4x..

FishPolice · 27 Mar 2007 at 12:58

I think the mobo is AGP x4. Presumably the card will just downgrade itself to match? The card will be used with an ASRock dual sata in a couple of months anyway

melbourne720 · 27 Mar 2007 at 14:24

I've heard there is only about 5% performance hit with AGP 4x over AGP 8x.

Darg · 27 Mar 2007 at 14:32

Yes the card should downgrade no problem. Essentially it's the same as changing your mobos AGP speed to 4X, the card just sees the max speed and runs at that.