Inserting an old Graphics card to a new Motherboard

[vince2682]

Hi new to the forums so please be gentle

I know its been asked before but....

I have this old Graphics card PowerColor 9550 256MB 128BIT
Graphics Engine RADEON 9550
Video Memory 256 MB DDR2
Engine Clock 250 MHz
Memory Clock 200 MHz x 2
Memory Interface 128 bit
Fits into an AGP8x slot if i remember

will it work with a mother board i'm getting the MSI GF615M-P33?
this has PCI express slot which i remember being backward compatible with the old AGP. specs are http://www.msicomputer.com/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=171&prod_no=1815

other questions:
nothing bad is going to happen to either piece right? and would the onboard graphics card be a better option?

 

[dude_56013]

NO! You CANNOT put an AGP card in a PCI or PCI-E slot or any which way. They are NOT compatible. Please don't attempt it. They are completely different.

 

[Mutant Corn]

You can get a decent PCIe card for $30-$50....

PCIe isn't compatible with AGP. Different versions of AGP were backwards-compatible with other AGP versions, I think, but that's about it.

 

[dIxie]

Not something that you want to try unless you hate your computer enough to destroy it trying to make it fit. You can easily get that good of a card down at your local computer shop for $60. Go spend the money and you will be much happier when your computer still works.

 

[EnviousX]

Why? An AGP cards is just too old, infact, PCIe cards are much, MUCH cheaper than a normal AGP card.

For ex. HD 4650 PCIe > HD 4650 AGP See the price difference? I suggest you get the 4650 (This is Canadian, I don't know about *.com )

Hope I helped ;D



~EnviousX

 

[foothead]

Why are you digging up old threads?

 

[EnviousX]

Why are you digging up old threads?

This was under new posts o.o" I'm sorry.

 

[wol-va-rine]

This was under new posts o.o" I'm sorry.

always try to look at the date of the last post, and anyway, his question was answered...