Difference between 4 & 8 AGP? (Specifics inside)

[praj]

With the identical computer, I swapped a GF 2 64mb for a GF FX 5700 ultra 128mb DDRII. I'm just not seeing quite the increase in performance I thought I would.

comp:
Athlon XP 1600
ECS K7S5A mobo
512mb PC2100 RAM
7200 rpm HD

I built this comp to play WWIIOL and with my old card, it ran very well. With the new card, no matter which settings, it seems stuck at 50 fps. Does the fact that I'm running 4xAGP make a huge difference?

Thanks

 

[addiarmadar]

There should be a world of difference but your system clock is wat is causing the drawback.

Barton 2500+ @ 2200mhz (10x220 vcore @ 1.8)
Asus A7N8X Dlx 440 FSB
1gb Geil GD pc3500 Dual Channel (2-3-3-6)
Segata 80gb SATA 8.5ms seek
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro(420/720)

 

[addiarmadar]

AGP 4x and 8x bandwidth will not provide much boost for there is not really anything out yet that will tank it. Otherwise time to upgrade the CPU to fully utilize that new AGP.

Barton 2500+ @ 2200mhz (10x220 vcore @ 1.8)
Asus A7N8X Dlx 440 FSB
1gb Geil GD pc3500 Dual Channel (2-3-3-6)
Segata 80gb SATA 8.5ms seek
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro(420/720)

 

[spitoon]

I would agree, your CPU may be a bottleneck....I had a low FPS problem with COD when I was running it on a 1.4GHz Celeron with a 100MHz FSB, I changed to one that ran at 133MHz FSB and my FPS problems are gone.

 

[Unolocogringo]

When I put my new 5700u in my old comp my scores were basically the same.

When I upgraded the whole computer 1 month later my 3dm01 scores jumped 7000 points.

I aint signing nothing!!!

 

[Crashman]

4x/8x doesn't matter to that card.

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