Upgrading Video Card

[mike_sanfil]

I want to get a new video card for my dad's computer since he only has a TNT2 32mb. He only plays nascar games so he doesn't need much. I wanted to get him a used Ti4200 from ebay but I was looking at the specs of his motherboard and it is only a 1x 3.3v agp slot. So I am looking for a better video card than the one he has. Any ideas??

thanks!

[originel]

http://www.techimo.com/forum/t94012.html

[mike_sanfil]

yes, but will thoes cards work in my dads old gateway computer??

[originel]

every new card i've seen that's built for 1.5v is backwards compatible with 3.3v. if you want you can check the manufacturers website. they always have an answer because people ask that question very often.

[Eladijaz]

You will have difficulties with 8x (AGP3.0) cards.

Have a quick look here:-
http://www.motherboards.org/articles...ons/920_1.html
You will most likely be fine with 4x (AGP2.0) cards, it depends on the card.

Do as originel suggests, and check the websites ... it's only possible to generalise here, without talking about a specific card, and that may not help you.

PS. From (my) memory, AGP 3.0 also supports 0.8v, and most new cards these days are either 1.5v or 0.8v.
Here is a more succinct article:-
http://www.evga.com/articles/public.asp?AID=103

all of the specs listed are in reference to the motherboard of course - and you are talking about cards. Hence, although an AGP2.0 board supports 1.5v or 3.3v, this does not mean that a 4x card will support both. The notch in the card is 'keyed' to stop you putting it in a motherboard that doesn't support it's voltages, but that doesn't help you until you have the card in hand - you need to know before you buy it ...

[mike_sanfil]

so, would a Radeon 7000 or 8500 work?? Or should I go with an MX440?

[ShawnD1]

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Originally Posted by mike_sanfil

so, would a Radeon 7000 or 8500 work?? Or should I go with an MX440?

You can mix and match AGP stuff without any problems. I've used a Radeon 9600XT in a six year-old 2X AGP slot without any problems.

Go for the 8500.

[originel]

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so, would a Radeon 7000 or 8500 work?? Or should I go with an MX440?

it's not a chipset issue that would cause to be/not to be compatible. it's the card maker itself. basically that means that some radeon 7000's will be compliant and some radeon 7000's will not be. So you just have to go to the manufacturers website and find out there because as previously stated we cannot generalize here. But as shawn said (and i previously said) pretty much everything is backwards compatible.

[mike_sanfil]

ok, thanks. I am going to get one from newegg, and some of them say 1x agp so I think i'll go with one of thoes.

[filipino]

newegg have some BLOWOUTSALE http://www.newegg.com/