Ati

[Freak]

Well it looks awesome.

[HTM~ZenEye]

who the f*** is his tech anyway lol.

[HTM|Minion]

yeah fork it, send it back and try another one.

night ranger runs x1950's i think, he loves 'em. but that agp8x thing worries me. the bus might not be able to handle the speeds correctly.

PCIE x 16 is indeed 4 times faster than AGP 8x, but here is where the myth that you REALLY need that come in. There are NO current games out that the AGP 8x can't handle. Take a look at this benchmark result for 3DMark06.



The score difference between the pcie and agp 8x is very slight. If you have ever run 3DMark06 you know that it gives the rig a good run. I could nail, a solid 85fps in any map with my x850xt pe that was 8x apg. This 1950 is twice as fast as that card.


*EDIT* I found this on a forum concerning the x1950 pro :


Guy #1 "I experienced what sounds like the same problem that you are having with one of these cards. I found that increasing the “AGP Aperture” setting in the system’s BIOS resolved it.

Hope that helps…"


Guy #2 "OMG you totally made my day/week/MONTH!

I had it set to 128MB which I figured would be plenty full (I don't want my games using the system ram right?)
So with the GT this is half the amount, but since the Pro has more mem, this would explain it.


Thank you Dadeos! you are my hero"






The funny thing is the UT3 demo gave the card no problems...it was 2k4 that bogged it. That tells me it goes beyond the card itself and that something else was causing issues.