[Pc_Support] AGP 4X/8X

[Jason Boxman]

On Wednesday 19 July 2006 15:41, Read, Greg wrote:
> I have an old system, Athlon 1700XP and it has an AGP 4X slot; I'm
> currently using a NVidia GeForce 3 Ti200 in it.
>
> I bough a new LCD monitor that has a DVI input and I wanted to get a
> cheap NVidia graphics card that has DVI.
>
> I found one on Buy.com, XFX GeForce 6200 128MB DDR AGP Video Card ( DVI
> TV-Out VGA ) - PVT44ARA
> it's $28 after rebate.
> The catch is, it says it's AGP 8X, can I use it in my 4X slot?

Given my experiences with XFX, I'd say no.

http://edseek.com/archives/2005/08/16/xfx-video-cards-6600gt-dont-waste-your-money/

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Jason Boxman
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