Video card compatibility -

[Pat101]

Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 1
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name BLAH
User Name John Doe

Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4, 2800 MHz (14 x 200)
Motherboard Name Asus P4P8X SE (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Springdale i865P
System Memory 1536 MB (PC3200 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (10/24/03)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM2)
Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter RADEON 9600 SERIES - Secondary (256 MB)
Video Adapter RADEON 9600 SERIES (256 MB)
3D Accelerator ATI Radeon 9600 (RV350)
Monitor Sony SDM-S73 [17" LCD] (3608133)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter Intel 82801EB ICH5 - AC'97 Audio Controller [A-2/A-3]

Storage:
IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
SCSI/RAID Controller SCSI/RAID Host Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive Maxtor 6Y120P0 (120 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/133)
Optical Drive HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8525B (52x/32x/52x CD-RW)
Optical Drive HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8162B (16x/48x DVD-ROM)
Optical Drive UN1468F SRH012X SCSI CdRom Device
Optical Drive UN1468F SRH012X SCSI CdRom Device
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Network:
Network Adapter Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapter, Copper RJ-45 (192.168.0.100)


Here is my question: Will my computer be able to properly run the Ati Radeon X800 [series]?

 

[X1337]

Motherboard Name Asus P4P8X SE (5 PCI, 1 AGP, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN)

Yes your computer will support it, but there is a video card X1600Pro 256MB for $109.99 that is better than X800.

X1600Pro 256MB DDR2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102665

 

[Pat101]

i had heard that anything below 1800 in that series was crap though?

 

[X1337]

yea, But i dont think that they have X1800 APG cards... The ati X1600Pro is the same has the 6800GS APG

 

[Pat101]

thats the idea, if they dont have the 1800 and the 1600 is crap... why get it? supposedly the x800 is the best i can get without spending 600$ or something >.>

 

[kchi55]

why are you using service pack 1?

 

[Pat101]

why does it matter...

 

[X1337]

Dude listin pat... your motherborad doesnt support X1800 Card. that is becuase its PCIE, you only have APG 8x.. Meaning there diffrent slots that means that it wont work... now I would get the X1600Pro 256.. or you can just get a 6800GS and try to unlock it to 16 pipelines

 

[Pat101]

x1600 is better then the x800? i had thought x800 was one of the best available for agp..

 

[MikeReiner]

why does it matter...

SP2 has a lot of security updates, driver cache updates, some more features, that kind of stuff.

SP2 kinda sucked when it first came out.. but now that it's been updated a lot, it's pretty good.