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03-07-2002, 08:25 PM
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AGP or PCI?
I am currently looking into buying a new 3D card, but not sure whether I'm able to go with an AGP card. I have a p2 450 MHz, 256 mb RAM, compaq o4E8h motherboard, windows 98...
I can see 3 PCI slots, and one AGP (in which my current card, a RAGE LT PRO AGP, runs). I have read in manuals that you're supposed to take out the current card, and then install the new card into a different slot, can i instead install the new card into the AGP slot? And how do i find out whether my slots are 1.0 or 2.0 compliant? hope I'm making sense Thank you D |
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03-07-2002, 11:24 PM
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Hi Dswissmiss, welcome to the PC Mech forums!
You can go ahead and install the new card in the same AGP slot, there won't be any problems. As for the AGP 1.0/2.0 support, check the manual or the Compaq support page for that motherboard, it should have more info.
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03-08-2002, 02:13 AM
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Also check the BIOS setup, you should have an entry to select the AGP setting. Just look and see what the Maximum setting is.
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03-08-2002, 02:14 AM
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I just ran a program called sandra, and it told me that my AGP version is 1.0
is this the AGP support number I am looking for? thanx again |
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03-08-2002, 02:25 AM
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According to ATI, the Radeon series is AGP 1.0 and AGP 2.0 compliant. They have Universal connectors that will fit either slot.
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