George MC Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 Hi I'm looking to upgrade my graphics card but I'm a bit confused - not to difficult either I'm running on my PC: Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 Motherboard: ASUS P4S800/800Mhz 1GB RAM Intel P4 3.6GHz/800Mhz/512Kb cache Nvidia GeForce FX5200/128Mb PCI Card (Driver version 6.14.10.5673) The confusion arises from my thinking about getting a graphics card that will run in the one AGP 8X slot I have on the motherboard. However, the voltage given for the AGP slot is 1.5V only. All the AGP graphics cards I've seen suggest I need 4V on the AGP slot. Am I stuffed then in getting an AGP card to run on this motherboard or am I missing some fundamental and obvious bit of information? Many thanks for the anticpated help Cheers fur noo George Mc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Carr Posted June 9, 2006 Share Posted June 9, 2006 Everything about your rig looks pretty good to me, with the exception of the 5200 video card. Just go get a 6800 or 7800 series AGP card. The clock speed on your processor is awesome! Is that an extreme P4? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George MC Posted June 9, 2006 Author Share Posted June 9, 2006 Originally posted by Jack Carr: Everything about your rig looks pretty good to me, with the exception of the 5200 video card. Just go get a 6800 or 7800 series AGP card. The clock speed on your processor is awesome! Is that an extreme P4? Hi Jack Thanks for the prompt response - I'll start the hunt right now! Hhmm, not sure about the processor. Checking the info that came with the processor it is a Pentium P4 that supports hyper threading. I can't find any mention about whether it is an extreme P4 :confused: Still it does the job and let's me design and play HUGE scenarios Thanks again for the advice Cheers fur noo George 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zdenka Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 before going ahead with your upgrade check to see if your power supply is up to the task. i did a similar upgrade once and had instant bsods down to a 250w psu. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Carr Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Originally posted by zdenka: before going ahead with your upgrade check to see if your power supply is up to the task. i did a similar upgrade once and had instant bsods down to a 250w psu. This is good advice. The newer cards are power hungry and the power supply has to be up to the task. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted June 13, 2006 Share Posted June 13, 2006 There are no 4 V AGP cards and no 512 KB cache 3.6 GHz Pentium-4. The 3.6 GHz Pentium4-s are Prescotts which either have 1 MB or 2 MB L2, or in rare cases the extreme edition with 4 MB L3. The Asus L4 should drive the newest AGP cards just fine. And yes, likely you need a new power supply. But the Prescott is a power hog anyway, maybe whoever built the PC put in a decent PSU. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TufenHuden Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 All that power-5200 will not cut the mustard... 6800GT will do fine-can't get the 7800GTX-but there 7800GS's with AGP's..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Carr Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 Originally posted by TufenHuden: ...6800GT will do fine... I have this card. BFG makes an overclocked-out-of-the-box version. It's a nice card. I think BFG also makes the 7800 series card you mention. Also overclocked-out-of-the-box. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George MC Posted June 16, 2006 Author Share Posted June 16, 2006 Hi All Many thanks for your replies - my apolgies for the late reply but I've been away the past week. I actually built the PC myself, but I will not profess to being a PC wizz - I can however bolt bits together! Redwolf: thanks for the comments - I dragged the spec off my PC system details bit. I fitted the PSU but I'll have to go and check what it is. I'm sure I did install a biggie though as my long term plan was to upgrade bits as and when I had the money and new stuff came along. Thanks for the comments guys about the other graphics cards - I'm trawling throuhg the net now to see what is what and at what price. Thanks gain one and all for your excellent advice Cheers fur noo George 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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