g force 4 5200 fx

[Bigyin]

hi guys
thinking about upgrading my card to 5200fx but it is agp8x my board is only agp4x would this card run in a agp4x without any problem or will the slower speed of my agp 4x cause nothing but problem anybody help thank you

[Duracell]

an AGP 8x card will run in 4x speed on your current board;
this data transfer is fast enough, nobody needs AGP 8x; it's only a commercial bait;

Greetings from
Duracell

[LTR12101B]

If you have a Ti4200, the 5200 would actually be a DOWNGRADE.

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic...0-5200-15.html
In the DX9-biased 3Dmark 2003, it only just beat a Geforce 4 Ti4200(8x), despite that being short by one test misses the final DX9-only test.

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic...0-5200-10.html
In 3Dmark 2001 (DX7/DX8), even the 5600 is trounced by the Ti4200-8x

The 5200 is a LIGHTWEIGHT, and much of it's DX9 capability is heavily software-assisted.

[Bigyin]

cheers guys the card i have at presant is gforce 2 so it will be an upgrade its only £75-00

[LTR12101B]

Not a bad price - there's a steady stream of them on EBAY, but you'd have to be lucky to beat that.

http://www.scan.co.uk/todayonly/
I just checked them - it's MATROX today, but MSI (and possibly ASUS) Geforce range cards turn up quite regularly - though I don't recall much cheaper, and their p&p is pretty stinking!