Old mobo and modern videocard

Bull! Using a really old card in a new mobo may lead to damage. The reverse
is not true.

Don't place too much faith on AGP. Even at 8x it's still supplies only a
fraction of the card's local memory bandwidth. Any game that actually needs
AGP is gonna slow to a crawl, regardless of whether the slot transfers at 2x
or 8x.

The CPU is another thing. The fastest thing you can run on the venerable
440BX is a 1 GHz Pentium III with a slocket adapter. This CPU will be a
bottleneck for the latest cards. Something older like a GF4 Ti4200, however,
will do nicely. The card should also tolerate 87 MHz AGP bus should you
decide to overclock.

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"DarrenB03" <Unknown> wrote in message
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 > No you can't. All new cards today use AGP 4x/8x. Using them in a 1x/2x
 > slot could damage the card or the motherboard. Even if it did, your
 > motherboard is too old to even use the card to its fullest potential.
 >
 > Darren<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Old mobo and modern videocard 

Good reply. I just have to add that I'm running a 1.4 ghz Tualatin Celeron
with 256k cache on a BX chipset board (Abit BH-6).

Dave


"First of One" <daxinfx RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
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 > Bull! Using a really old card in a new mobo may lead to damage. The
reverse
 > is not true.
 >
 > Don't place too much faith on AGP. Even at 8x it's still supplies only a
 > fraction of the card's local memory bandwidth. Any game that actually
needs
 > AGP is gonna slow to a crawl, regardless of whether the slot transfers at
2x
 > or 8x.
 >
 > The CPU is another thing. The fastest thing you can run on the venerable
 > 440BX is a 1 GHz Pentium III with a slocket adapter. This CPU will be a
 > bottleneck for the latest cards. Something older like a GF4 Ti4200,
however,
 > will do nicely. The card should also tolerate 87 MHz AGP bus should you
 > decide to overclock.
 >
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 > Formula SAE Racing:
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 >
 >
 > "DarrenB03" <Unknown> wrote in message
 > news:wYSdndgeT5qNoO3dRVn-sA@comcast.com...
  > > No you can't. All new cards today use AGP 4x/8x. Using them in a 1x/2x
  > > slot could damage the card or the motherboard. Even if it did, your
  > > motherboard is too old to even use the card to its fullest potential.
  > >
  > > Darren
 >
 ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Old mobo and modern videocard 

lol,
i've got a 1.2 ghz tualatin @ 1.5ghz with a fx5900 512 ram




"DaveL" <dave1027.RemoveThis@comcast.net> wrote in message
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 > Good reply. I just have to add that I'm running a 1.4 ghz Tualatin
Celeron
 > with 256k cache on a BX chipset board (Abit BH-6).
 >
 > Dave
 >
 >
 > "First of One" <daxinfx.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
 > news:fnYbc.25955$RfJ.14731@twister01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...
  > > Bull! Using a really old card in a new mobo may lead to damage. The
 > reverse
  > > is not true.
  > >
  > > Don't place too much faith on AGP. Even at 8x it's still supplies only a
  > > fraction of the card's local memory bandwidth. Any game that actually
 > needs
  > > AGP is gonna slow to a crawl, regardless of whether the slot transfers
at
 > 2x
  > > or 8x.
  > >
  > > The CPU is another thing. The fastest thing you can run on the venerable
  > > 440BX is a 1 GHz Pentium III with a slocket adapter. This CPU will be a
  > > bottleneck for the latest cards. Something older like a GF4 Ti4200,
 > however,
  > > will do nicely. The card should also tolerate 87 MHz AGP bus should you
  > > decide to overclock.
  > >
  > > --
  > > First of One
  > > Formula SAE Racing:
<font color=green>  > > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://fsae.utoronto.ca/</font" target="_blank">http://fsae.utoronto.ca/</font</a>>
  > >
  > >
  > > "DarrenB03" <Unknown> wrote in message
  > > news:wYSdndgeT5qNoO3dRVn-sA@comcast.com...
   > > > No you can't. All new cards today use AGP 4x/8x. Using them in a
1x/2x
   > > > slot could damage the card or the motherboard. Even if it did, your
   > > > motherboard is too old to even use the card to its fullest potential.
   > > >
   > > > Darren
  > >
  > >
 ><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Old mobo and modern videocard 

bx133
 >> Stay informed about: Old mobo and modern videocard 

 > Good reply. I just have to add that I'm running a 1.4 ghz Tualatin
Celeron
 > with 256k cache on a BX chipset board (Abit BH-6).

Ah, the BH-6. That's one of the best motherboards ever made.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Old mobo and modern videocard 

doorman <no spam> wrote:

 > lol,
 > i've got a 1.2 ghz tualatin @ 1.5ghz with a fx5900 512 ram

I have a 1.3Ghz Tualatin with a GF3 Ti500, runs ok.

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Later BX boards like the BH-6 supports the lower core and I/O (I think)
voltages required by the Tualatin. The first-generation BE-6, owned by the
original poster of this thread, does not, unfortunately.

I used to own an Asus P3V4x, with the VIA Apollo Pro133A chipset. I also had
a Slot-1 133-FSB Coppermine, quite a relic.

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"DaveL" <dave1027.DeleteThis@comcast.net> wrote in message
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 > Good reply. I just have to add that I'm running a 1.4 ghz Tualatin
Celeron
 > with 256k cache on a BX chipset board (Abit BH-6).
 >
 > Dave<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Old mobo and modern videocard 

Damn, your FSB is running at 166?

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"doorman" <no spam> wrote in message
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 > lol,
 > i've got a 1.2 ghz tualatin @ 1.5ghz with a fx5900 512 ram<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
 >> Stay informed about: Old mobo and modern videocard 

On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 11:29:11 +0300, "jarmo korpi"
<jarmokorpiremovethis.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote:

 >I am using Abit be6-2 mobo where is agp videocard slot, supports AGP 1X/2X
 >(Sideband)3.3V device. Can I use modern fast videocards with this mobo? What
 >is the best card for this mobo?

many of todays video cards will work on your old BX class mobo (Ive
sold mine years ago - they are still working today).

But it is an old board and adding a modern video card will be a waste
as the mobo, AGP, memory, and CPU are all SLOW by modern standards.

A GF3 is NOT maxed out by your BX board... Adding a $200 fx5900 would
add little performance increase.

Spend about $150~200 on an AMD 2500+ CPU ($90) with a VIA KT400 board
($60 - ASUS or MSI) and $40~100 for RAM (256~512mb)... the add your
video card.

A $100 video card on that NEW setup would do more than a $400 card on
the older setup.


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