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PCI to AGP upgrade

Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by Hotaru, 2005/10/18.

  1. 2005/10/18
    Hotaru

    Hotaru Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    I have a K6 233 system whose motherboard supports up to a K6-2 400 and has a AGP 2X slot. How much of a performance boost (with or without the CPU upgrade) can I expect if I upgrade the PCI video card to AGP?
     
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  2. 2005/10/19
    Steve R Jones

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    The difference in upgrading the video would depend on how good both cards are. Odds are it would make a nice difference if the pci card is real slow...Upgrading both would start to put in the catagory of "for a few more dollars you could get a much newer pc. "
     
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  4. 2005/10/19
    TonyT

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    AGP 2X

    most newer pcs now come with agp 4x - 8x, finding a 2x agp card may not be easy.
     
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  5. 2005/10/19
    Hotaru

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    The PCI video card is an original ATI All In Wonder card (Rage II, 4 megs). The AGP card would be a Matrox G200 (8 megs).

    The CPU upgrade would be $25 including shipping. The video card upgrade would be free because I already have it. I upgraded the P3 system from it to a 64 meg 4X card.

    I also wanted to keep the AIW card around for its TV tuner and video capture abilities, but the P3 now has a USB 2.0 box for that purpose. So now I'm clear to upgrade if it would be worth the trouble.
     
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  6. 2005/10/19
    mailman Lifetime Subscription

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    Hi, TonyT.

    It appears 2x cards are still readily available.

    In case other readers of this thread are looking for a 2x/4x AGP card, there are several 2x/4x AGP cards available at NewEgg.

    I'm assuming (perhaps incorrectly) the 2x/4x AGP cards I linked above are compatible with a 2x-only AGP slot.
     
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  7. 2005/10/20
    mattman

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    Hi Hotaru,

    The AGP interface is better than a PCI interface for graphics. If you had the choice of two cards with the same specifications only one was PCI the other AGP, the AGP would perform better.

    If the $25 spent on that system will prove useful, it would be a good boost ($25 worth of experience would probably be useful to me :D )

    Matt
     
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