can i run 8x on 4x

[neocon]

my motherboard has an AGP slot with a maximum speed of 4x [i think]

it is a DFI AD77 Pro motherboard

my friend who is planning 2 dismantle his computer has asked me if i want his hw

since i need a graphics card, i asked him for his XFX 6600, but he said it needs an 8x AGP slot

so will this card run smoothly on my computer or will it no run

if it does not run will updating my BIOs help

also how do i know what BIOS to upgrade to

Please help

Thank You

[blueshift]

I think it will run but at a speed of 4X only.

[Pathik]

yup.. But it ll be bottlenecked by the agp 4x slot and ll run at 4x

[slugger]

Originally Posted by pathiks

yup.. But it ll be bottlenecked by the agp 4x slot and ll run at 4x

but 8x dat is AGP3.0 has a signalling voltage of 0.8V and 4x, ie, AGP2.0 has got a signalling voltage of 1.5V

won't d xtra voltage make a crispy outta d card

[infra_red_dude]

well, this guide says its safe and will work at the fastest speed offered by the card.

http://www.directron.com/15agpguide.html


read this one too: http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=47285

[neocon]

but can i play some of the games that were released the year this card was first introduced?

i have an AMD Athlon XP 2200+ processor
with 512 MB DDR RAM
and 250 GB Hard disk

also is the card made by XFX a decent card. i thikn it has 128MB of memory

Thanking you in anticipation

[slugger]

XFX is known 2 come out with decent cards

how much u payin 4 it??

as 4 gamin thing, ur rig shud b able 2 d games [but prob w/o d bells and whistles]