I just got an ATI 9700Pro card to go into my BD7-II, does the BD7-II support 8x AGP

[OC Noob]

I don't see it in any of the bios update descriptions.

[TWY]

The Intel 845E chipset doesn't support AGP8x.

[OC Noob]

Will that hurt my performance?

[TWY]

Originally posted by OC Noob
Will that hurt my performance?

Shouldn't. Maybe slightly only.

An AGP4x card when run on AGP2x, the performance drop is not much.

[Jeff Bolton]

people are mystified by agp 8x, oooh i want it, 8x8x8x8x8x. the performance increase over 4x is so minimal you won't be able to tell the difference in any games you play right now.

now in a few months to a year, the difference will be more noticeable. but basically i'm saying until agp 8x motherboards and cards that support it are actually working, you shouldn't worry about it.

jeff

[OC Noob]

Cool, thanks.

[Creat|ve]

Glad to see people still fall for marketing crap

AGP8x is going to do just as much as going from ATA100 to ATA133 on HDD did for you......sweet bugger all...:)

[Chris1980]

Surely this board doesn't support AGP 8x, depending on your chipset..

[diehlr]

By the time AGP 8x is necessary, AGP will be obsolete.

[winternights]

not much different..4x 8x ..