i have a agp x4 card in my pc( a ge-force 4 mmx 128mb) and obviously i am going to upgrade it as i have vista on that system dual booted with xp
i have checked the motherboard specs and it states it can only take max x4 agp
can i use a x8 agp card on a system with a max x4 compatability but then i will only get x4 agp power
in other words will a x8 agp card just revert to x4 when put in a machine with x4 specs
2006-10-07 08:56:23 · 5 answers · asked by brianthesnail123 7 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
how do u have vista already
2006-10-07 11:40:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I have tried that . I was having the same specs as yours..was using the same graphics card for Vista only. but was not getting Aero.
Hence, I tried a new card in the same AGP 4x slot. It worked for me.
2006-10-07 15:59:32 · answer #2 · answered by net_o_holic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it should do, but i cannot give a definate answer im afraid. i know that may not help but.... others may also have an inkling of it being able to happen.
it can with USB, RAM and many others so why not AGP?
2006-10-07 15:58:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can get a card with 8x, it will run at 4x speed a geforce fx 5200/5500 is a good upgrade or a ati 92509550
2006-10-08 02:12:49 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you cant do that
2006-10-07 15:58:01 · answer #5 · answered by J.F.® 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋