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| Thread ID: 65270 | 2006-01-12 17:42:00 | motherboard supports AGP or PCI-e ? | russell108 (7499) | Press F1 |
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| 420546 | 2006-01-12 17:42:00 | Hi , I want to upgrade my graphics card...how can i tell if my MB supports AGP or PCI-e ? edit:... I have Everest home edition which says 5 PCI slots and 1 AGP.. i presume this means no PCI-e for me ? cheers |
russell108 (7499) | ||
| 420547 | 2006-01-12 18:01:00 | Yes your presumption is correct. What are your other system specs. Depending on the current setup you may have to buy a new CPU as well as new RAM to go with the upgrade to PCI-E. cheers chiefnz |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 420548 | 2006-01-12 22:15:00 | you don't have to have a PCI-E video card. what speed AGP slot do you have? | tweak'e (69) | ||
| 420549 | 2006-01-13 01:17:00 | You may want to look into the Gigabyte's 6600GT AGP Silentpipe. It has moderately good performance, at a reasonable price, and is quiet, fanless. There's a problem with some *old* motherboards using 3.3 volt video cards; it would damage the motherboard. It's worth checking the manual, or the mfg web site. |
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| 420550 | 2006-01-13 09:17:00 | No idea what speed my AGP slot is ..how do i find that out ? the 6600 GT is the card i want and my MB is a Gigabyte borad so i presume it would be ok ? Also should i get a 128MB card or 256MB ? |
russell108 (7499) | ||
| 420551 | 2006-01-13 14:47:00 | get the motherboard model with everest, then search for it on gigabyte's website... ...or just read the manual. 256MB will be better, of course :cool: |
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| 420552 | 2006-01-15 15:51:00 | get the motherboard model with everest, then search for it on gigabyte's website... ...or just read the manual. 256MB will be better, of course :cool: Obviously...is the 256MB card worth the extra dosh tho ? I dont have a big budget but i want the best card i can get it... Will the 6600 GT 128mb run half life 2 ? or will i need the 256mb card ? |
russell108 (7499) | ||
| 420553 | 2006-01-15 23:14:00 | It really depends on the resolution you run the game at - the higher the resolution the more video ram will be used. Increasing the AGP aperture size will allso help too (provided you have enough system ram) HL2 runs ok on my 6600GT 128MB, but then I have an Athlon64 3700+ and 1GB ram. |
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