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RitualOfTheTrout - Apr 15, 2004

		RitualOfTheTrout		Apr 15, 2004
			Ok, iv been looking at the radeon 9800 series. All of them are AGP 8X and main board only takes AGP 4x. First im pretty sure that an 8x card can run in a 4x slot, it will just operate slower.. Now.. how much would this affect the card? And when you turn on anti aliasing and other things that make the image better, do these things rely on the speed of the card? I have an old radeon 7000 i picked up for 30 bucks awhile back and when i turn it on to best settings everything gets real slow, if its a better card will this still happen? Im hoping that once the new generation of ati cards come out the 9800 series will drop in price.

		it290		Apr 15, 2004
			Well, yes and no. AGP speed shouldn't really affect things like anisotropic filtering or antialiasing, but it does affect the speed that textures can be loaded to the card, which can have a detrimental effect on performance. Of course, the amount of horsepower the card has will still play a role; turning on those features will always slow things down, but the more powerful the card, the less it'll matter. The 9800 is very good at handling FSAA and anisotropic filtering.

Curtis

Apr 15, 2004

	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by it290@Apr 15, 2004 @ 11:48 AM



 ...but it does affect the speed that textures can be loaded to the card, which can have a detrimental effect on performance...

Most benchmarks show that the performance difference between 8x and 4x is about 1-2%. So long as the card you get isn't AGP Pro, it should run perfectly well in your 4x slot.

Alexvrb

Apr 15, 2004

	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by Curtis+Apr 15, 2004 @ 11:56 PM-->QUOTE(Curtis @ Apr 15, 2004 @ 11:56 PM)