Motherboard - Urgent help

[parimal_xp2003]

My brother has a p4 2.4 Ghz. prescott processor & Gigabyte GA-8VM533 motherboard with Nvidia geforce fx 5200 8x AGP Graphix card. The problem is that the mobo has 4x AGP slot. So I am looking for motherboard with 8X AGP slot for p4 2.4Ghz prescott. please suggest.

Can Gigabyte GA-81848E mobo support p4 2.4 Ghz prescott?

 

[Ringwraith]

No need....agp 4x is good enough for ur gfx card
if u have a 64-bit memory 5200 fx, the bandwidth is even lesser...
if u want a new mobo anyways then i suggest u buy a new gfx card too

 

[Aniruddh]

@Ringwraith
well its a 8x card so wid 4x it wont b able to give dat much of a performance.well u can go for either of these 2 865chipset or 875 chipset both r gud and hav agp 8x.if u can then go for 875 mobo its really gud.

 

[parimal_xp2003]

@Ringwraith
well its a 8x card so wid 4x it wont b able to give dat much of a performance.well u can go for either of these 2 865chipset or 875 chipset both r gud and hav agp 8x.if u can then go for 875 mobo its really gud.

Thanks. But 865 & 875 chipset mobo support p4 2.4 Ghz prescott ?

 

[dinesh_singh]

yes these mobo supports ur processor.

 

[Ringwraith]

@Ringwraith
well its a 8x card so wid 4x it wont b able to give dat much of a performance.well u can go for either of these 2 865chipset or 875 chipset both r gud and hav agp 8x.if u can then go for 875 mobo its really gud.

thats coz i m telling frm experience...i have the same card and an agp 4x slot right now...and when i plugged into my friend's 8x slot...i only got a 50 point increase in 3dmark01 i dont think its worthwhile to upgrade just for that!

 

[Keith Sebastian]

Performance gain with 8X over 4X is negligible. Definitely not worth upgrading. Stick with your current config and upgrade the whole system later.

-Keith