safeer1982@gmail.com wrote:
> which card were you using to conduct the test, just out of interest?
>
> Secondary Question -
> i have just purchased an ATI X1950 Pro AGP 8x 512MB, how much system
> RAM would you reccomend my system has in order to utilise this card
> properly?
>
> My System is
> P4 2.8
> 512MB RAM
>
> thanks

ATI 9800pro was the video card.

And the amount of system RAM, depends on the game. For BF2, 1GB
is enough. Task Manager shows about 600MB or so used. For a game
like Gothic3, the answer might be 2GB of RAM. For other games,
less will do.

You can use Google to find how much memory people use for the
different games.

Paul

>
>
> On 2 Feb, 09:11, Paul <nos...@needed.com> wrote:
>> Rod Speed wrote:
>>> safeer1...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>> What would happen if you located an AGP 8x Card in a AGP 4x slot?
>>> Usually works fine.
>>>> Would this result in a serious loss of performance
>>>> by the card, if it was installed into an AGP 4x slot?
>>> Nope, the loss wouldnt be dramatic.
>> I just ran a benchmark. And I'm surprised how little
>> difference there is. I expected a bit more difference than
>> this. There was a fresh reboot before each test.
>>
>> P4 3.2GHz, 9800Pro, 1GB mem, 3DMark2001SE Build330
>> AGP 8X = 15720
>> AGP 4X = 15532
>>
>> HTH,
>> Paul
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