Can anyone explain the Differences of Videocards,Im confused

[rubix_1011]

Obviously, a pretty stupid friend.

 

[rubix_1011]

Oh, for those who were interested in the chop job on the 7800 gtx...you are in luck...

Found it...

The first is the main page; article is toward the bottom.

http://yellinglizard.com/category/hardware/video-cards/

http://yellinglizard.com/wp-content/image4nq.jpg

Let me know if that link doesn't work...

 

[Alden]

Thanks for the info here are my specs:

P4 1.8GHZ
768 RAM
nvidia FX 5200
Asrock motherboard

this is it i think

 

[Alden]

my specs are...

768RAM
GeForce FX 5200
p4 1.8ghz
Asrock motherboard

 

[aBg_rOnGak]

Well IMO, you'd better consider nV 7600GT or sth similar, ATi 1950 Pro AGP is too much for your system. I bet your cpu is one of the last Sckt 423 cpu or early Sckt478 cpu (did i write sth wrong?It feels ...wrong somewhere :? )

 

[ira176]

Alden,
I found this on wikipedia.org that AGI is propietary interface for ASRock boards, and may not support all video card chipsets. If you want decent gaming you may be looking at some sort of upgrade.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerated_Graphics_Port

 

[everett]

I had an email back a long time ago from a guy (who had no idea what he was buying) and got a 7800gtx, but had an AGP board. His buddy, who made him believe he knew a lot about computers, just told him to get some wire cutters and chop off parts of the pci-e connectors on the card to 'fit it' into place. He made him believe that what you were supposed to do...trim it up to fit.

Moral of the story is:

If you don't know what you are doing, make sure you find someone who does and verify they do before you take their advice. I will try to find the pic/story and post it

I remember that, wish I could find the link.

 

[heffeque]

That didnt helped lol i dont get the bars and crap or am i just stupid :?

You must be, yes.

 

[rubix_1011]

I had an email back a long time ago from a guy (who had no idea what he was buying) and got a 7800gtx, but had an AGP board. His buddy, who made him believe he knew a lot about computers, just told him to get some wire cutters and chop off parts of the pci-e connectors on the card to 'fit it' into place. He made him believe that what you were supposed to do...trim it up to fit.

Moral of the story is:

If you don't know what you are doing, make sure you find someone who does and verify they do before you take their advice. I will try to find the pic/story and post it

I remember that, wish I could find the link.

I posted one copy that I found, farther up the forum...

http://yellinglizard.com/wp-content/image4nq.jpg

I found it to be incredibly hilarious. Poor guy, maybe he should have just called Dell...

 

[everett]

Thanks, i have looked everywhere for that.

 

[SP73]

my AGP system ran with a geforce 7600GS and played primarily guild wars, which ran great.

if you're just gonna be playing guild wars, than I'd recommend this.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130076


but In guild wars I had processor issues, with my 2.4Ghz P4, so despite a new graphics card, you're still gonna lag a lot.
your processor's just as old as your graphics card...
so if you're gonna wanna do more intensive gaming / play any new games that come out, you're probably just gonna have to just get a whole new computer.

 

[yquo]

If you can change your motherboard, the agi slot is not a real agp port it has the bandwith of 2 standard pci slots (not pci express) so it's limited to the pci bus speed and usage.

 

[Heyyou27]

Save your money and buy a new computer.

 

[everett]

What type of internet connection do you have? That might be the reason for the lag.

 

[Alden]

my net connection is not the problem thank you for asking....
its broadband internet

 

[Alden]

Thank you Ira