Canith
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You're probably better off saving up more for a new motherboard (hopefully not new processor) to simply the whole deal with the RAM and get the PCI-Express version.
At least then you can reuse the card if you upgrade again later (and can use it in Crossfire as well).
If sticking with the motherboard probably better of just getting a 6600GT, old Radeon 9800 or one of those low-end X800 AGP's, still very capable cards and at least the likely hood of wasting performance from only 4X AGP is reduced. (and save lots of money).
You're next motherboard probably won't be AGP anyway so there's no point saying you'll use the 8X AGP characteristic later.
if i have to get a new motherboard, i am afraid that i have to get a new CPU as well, coz the CPU i am using is a P4 2.5a socket 478, from the webpage below, i couldn't find any mother board that can spport both 478pin CPU and PCI-E at the same time.
http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?d...md=pl&id=MB.575
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I believe so, however your motherboard seems to only support upto x4 AGP speed, where pretty much any card nowadays is x8.
That said, i think it should run, but i'm not sure how much it will reduce performance.
Reading up online seemed to discover that the difference between x4 and x8 is unnoticable. This is how one explanation read...
Imagine a 4 lane highway that is changed to an 8 lane highway. Now, both highways have the same speed limit, the only difference is one has 4 more lanes.Even though there are more lanes, all of the cars are still moving at the same speed. 65MPH or whatever you'd like.
Because it is wider, the potential to deliver twice as much traffic is there, but the 4 lane highway wasn't busy to start with... So people aren't really using the highway to its full potential.
Also, i would reccomend keeping your eye out for 512mb of ram, it should be cheap enough to find and should definatly help
EDIT: or another stick of 256mb so that it adds up to 512mb, seeing as it seems your only using 1 RAM slot you should have 1 or 2 free slots to put some more into.
ok, thx for ur info
by the way, i still have 3 more free ram slots left(1 ddr, and 2 sdr)
if i am going to buy a new ram to run dual channel, do i need to aware of its speed and size???
do i have to get a 256 PC2100??? or any others are fine??
sry for asking so many questions~~
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??anyone can give me some advice???
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sooo, can my computer support this one??
or which company's ram will u guys suggest
http://www.canadacomputers.com/cc/index.ph...965ac0a0385edb6
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You could start by saying what computer it is... :D
the computer i am using is a P4-2.5G
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i want to buy some new ram
can any one tell me how to check what ram fits my computer
(the only thing i know is that i am using ddr ram)
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i know it's the 2nd generation of centrio,
but like, what is it, what does it do?
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is it some kind of chip??
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k, thX for the info
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ooooo, see it, thank q guys
now the second question is
will PCI Express quickly replace AGP?
coz now i am not sure if i should just buy an AGP graphic card,
or buy a new mother board and a PCI Express graphic card.
any suggestions of which card to buy??
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i am currently using a 2 year old computer with on-board graphic. since i cannot play many 3D games with it, so i am planning to buy a new graphic card, yet i am not sure what kind of slot my computer has. can anyone tell me how to check it. if it is PCI, can it support an AGP graphic card??
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the CPU i am using is a P4 2.5a with a 300w power supply