[Pc_Support] Re: Anyone have a GeForce AGP card they want to sell? (Solved)

[Bryan J. Smith]

"Bryan J. Smith" <b.j.smith at ieee.org> wrote:
> As irony would have it, I have a need for a nVidia GeForce
> AGP card.  It can be any make, legacy, etc... -- from the
> NV11 MX to a NV34 GeForce FX5200 will do.
> I've lent out most of my cards, and I'm finding that a
> GeForce FX5200 PCI (yes, 32-bit PCI) is tying up too much
> I/O on my Abit BP6's shared PCI bus.
> BTW, I'm willing to swap 1:1, the FX5200 PCI for an AGP, if
> you're looking for a PCI (not PCI-Express/PCIe, this is
> 32-bit PCI) version.

Okay, after some investigation, I ended up getting a cheap
GeForce4 MX4000 series (NV18/19).  These are often low-trace
(64-bit) GeForce2 cores that perform little better than old
GeForce2 MX ICs.

But they do work at AGP x2/x4.  That was most important.

You have to be careful with anything NV3x (GF-FX) or newer
like the NV4x (GF-6xxx) which seem to be AGP x8-only.  And
even the NV18 (GF4-MX8x) and NV28 (GF4-Ti8x) are designed for
AGP x8, and might not do AGP x2/x4.

The NV17 (GF4-MX) and NV25 (GF4-Ti) were designed for AGP
x2/x4, although the newer revision NV18/28 were not.  But
apparently the NV18 (NV19?) MX4000 still supports AGP x2/x4. 
It's clear a cheap option for OEMs where performance is not
required.

Just FYI in case you go upgrading video cards.  It's not
worth it unless you have an AGP3.0 (x8) mainboard, or better
yet, just go PCIe x16 and solve the problem once-and-for-all.
 Especially with the C51/GeForce 61x0-integrated chipsets
starting at $60 for new S754/939 mainboards.


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