I'm just not sure if the motherboard I have will be compatible with a card using the AGP x4/x8 interface. My question is: How can I find out whether my motherboard will support those cards or not? It is an AGP bus, but I have no idea if it's x4/x8 or even if that matters. Shank you!
2006-10-06 18:05:19 · 2 answers · asked by debunkedname 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Well it is either 8x, 4x, 2x or 1x. 4x/8x means it will work on either of those two. Anyway download this tool:http://www.cpuid.com/download/cpu-z-137.zip, unzip run cpuz.exe and it will tell you. It will be under the mainboard tab next to transfer rate.
2006-10-06 18:08:41 · answer #1 · answered by mysticman44 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your board will purely help AGP. the solid information is it helps 8x, so which you will desire to purchase the superb AGP enjoying cards. The undesirable information is that your CPU is a socket 478. would desire to you compromise directly to enhance your mom board to head to PCI show, you will additionally would desire to enhance your processor to a socket 775. you will have a challenging time looking a socket 478 mom board. the hot PCI show enjoying cards are additionally very effectual, determine you do somewhat diagnosis because of the fact odds are you will additionally would desire to replace your potential grant additionally. counting on the cardboard 450 to 500 watts or extra. in basic terms comprehend, in case you decide on PCI show, you would be changing the video card, motherboard, processor, and probable the potential grant. I in basic terms did this final week. offered an NVIDIA 680i board, NVIDIA 7950 Video card, Intel E6600 center 2 Duo, 2 gigs of corsair 800MHz RAM, and 650 Watt potential grant. The gadget runs like a champ now.
2016-12-16 03:38:24 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋