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May 16th, 2003, 06:30 AM
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Is there much noticeable difference between a 4x and an 8x AGP gfx card??
A friend of mine is considering buying a 128mb Radeon which looks like a good deal, with a price under £60 (but it states that it only supports 2x and 4x AGP)
A similar spec GeForce4 (but with 8x AGP) would cost around £90
He has an MSI KT4VL mobo (which supports 8x), but wants to know if there will be a noticeable difference during use, or if the only noticeable difference will be during a benchmark test??
I don't know much about gfx cards, so hope someone can give some advice?? | 
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May 16th, 2003, 06:35 AM
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One word: No.
I don't think there would be noticeable difference in bench either...
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May 16th, 2003, 06:50 AM
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May 16th, 2003, 06:58 AM
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...so what would the advantage of an 8x card be?? | |
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May 16th, 2003, 07:30 AM
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Nothing yet, somewhere in the distant future it will be useful, not just yet.
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May 16th, 2003, 08:27 AM
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why then are motherboard manufacturers pushing these 8x boards then? If there is no noticeable difference.... 
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May 16th, 2003, 08:29 AM
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New technologies are always pushed, even though they wouldn't make much difference. If they don't breakthrough, some different tech. will be implemented.
8x agp is future, and I don't think it costs much more to put that port in a mb so why not do it?
It's really the graphics card manuf. that could push the tech (by providing only 8x cards) but they choose not to.
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May 16th, 2003, 08:35 AM
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| Quote: Originally posted by Sweeper
why then are motherboard manufacturers pushing these 8x boards then? If there is no noticeable difference.... | LOL. Are you serious?
Maybe cause they're trying to sell them. Ya think? | |
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May 16th, 2003, 11:27 AM
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N/M 
Yeah, OUT to SELL them. Understandable, and I knew that... what I meant is there marketing and long descriptions about 8X AGP, etc. If there is NO difference then why even waste the time?
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