Will this work with my AGP mobo?

Post by **Doombrain** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:28 am

Hercules 3D Prophet 9600SE 128MB DDR & XIII Game Bundle - Retail (GX-026-HE)
The Hercules 3D Prophet 9600SE 128MB DDR makes short work of todays demanding multimedia and gaming applications.

- 325MHz Core Speed
- 128MB 200MHz (400MHz DDR) memory
- 64-bit memory interface
- 4-pipeline VPU in its 2nd generation.
- AGP 8X
- Full support for DirectX® 9.0 and the latest OpenGL® functionality
- New SMARTSHADER™ 2.1
- SMOOTHVISION™ 2.1
- Unique VIDEOSHADER™
- ATI's new FULLSTREAM™

Post by **Doombrain** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:29 am

PS, i have a AMD XP2400

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:29 am

Post by **Doombrain** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:30 am

prove it

Post by **DiscoDave** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:47 am

Its an AGP card and you're fitting it into an AGP mobo. Simple as that

Post by **SOAPboy** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:52 am

DiscoDave wrote:Its an AGP card and you're fitting it into an AGP mobo. Simple as that

Yeha but this is doom were talking about..

Might try to put it into the dvd drive or something

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:52 am

And its not like it's some ancient Slot 1 mobo that only supports AGP 2X. Check if yours works with AGP 8X, it will be better, but if not, I bet the card supports AGP 4X too.

Post by **Doombrain** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 11:05 am

I'm sure it's a AGPx4 mobo. I was looking at this card at overclockers. it's going for £22 and i need something a little better for CS2. I'm going to upgrade soon so i'll need a card i can use with my upgrade as well.

I was thinking something like this
AMD Athlon 64 3000 Retail / Abit UL8 / 512MB GeIL PC3200 CAS2.5 Dual Channel Kit - Bundle (BU-011-OK) , don't really want to spend too much on a PC

Post by **DiscoDave** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 11:19 am

If you're going to get new gear you might aswell go PCI-E unless you dont plan on upgrading after that for a very long while.

If you can, try and get 1gb of ram, pretty standard now although people building PC's now soemtimes put in 2gb

Post by **Doombrain** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 11:24 am

Yeah, I’ll be getting 2gig of RAM. I'm not bothered about PCI-E as I don't really want to spend much and I mostly use Macs now.

So, if I buy this card it will run in my current PC (XP2400 AGPx4 mobo still on SDRAM) and I can then move it over to the above mobo when I upgrade?

Post by **Don Carlos** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 12:24 pm

Yes it will
It will just run slower than its ment too

Post by **Doombrain** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 12:26 pm

quicker than my fucking nail of a MX tho

Post by **Don Carlos** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 12:43 pm

indeed
plenty quick
get a nie jump when u get your new mobo then

Post by **Doombrain** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 12:47 pm

Post by **Don Carlos** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 12:47 pm

nice
hand like feet...what can i say

Post by **Doombrain** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 12:51 pm

lollercaust.

I've had my mx since my Duron 600 so I’m hoping to get something like a boost with the new one.

Cheers for the info DC, Toxic.

Post by **Doombrain** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 1:02 pm

PS Toxic,

I'm thinking about selling my Canon 75-300 USM and getting this

AF 28-300mm XR Di LD Aspherical Macro IF f3.5-6.3

From what i've seen it's 'almost' as good as some of Canons L range

Post by **Doombrain** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 1:12 pm

Shit. What drivers etc am i going to need?

Post by **SOAPboy** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 1:14 pm

Doombrain wrote:Shit. What drivers etc am i going to need?

Uh the newest from ati.com

Clueless ++

Btw, Why would you get the 9600 when you can get a 6600gt for like 100 bucks

Post by **Doombrain** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 1:39 pm

Because I have a life and don't really care about computers that much, but thanks for the advise.

Post by **SOAPboy** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 1:51 pm

Doombrain wrote:Because I have a life and don't really care about computers that much, but thanks for the advise.

Its worth the investment.. even if you dont play "That" often.. something might come out that requires a bit more "umph" and youll be stuck with a thumb up your ass.. and since your upgrading, you should go for it :icon25:

Post by **Don Carlos** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 2:08 pm

Doombrain wrote:Because I have a life and don't really care about computers that much, but thanks for the advise.

Yeh i would go for the 6600 dude
Is alot better and u can pick em up quite cheap

Post by **Doombrain** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 2:20 pm

I'm paying no more than £22. Is it as cheap as that.

Like I said, I use Macs more now.

Post by **Doombrain** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 2:24 pm

Since I have your attention soap. This new mobo I’m getting is SATA and I only have two ATA133 HDs. Will it come with some sort of adapter, or will I have to buy a new HD? And what about my DVD burner and other CD drives? Fucking PCs, load of shite.

Post by **Doombrain** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 2:38 pm

Forget it, I've found the answers.

Cheers.