Geforce4 4600 8x

[Destroyeron]

Who knows how to install a Geforce4 4600 8x into a Gateway? If you need something else on how to please tell me. Is there a differnce between a Geforce4 4600 and a geforce4 4600 8x? cause I ordered a geforce4 4600 and got the 8x one...

[Timormi]

they are prolly the same thing, but you might wanna contact NVIDIA for info on it and how to install it....

[BLuE_ZeRO]

I didn't even know they had a 8x AGP version of the 4600. I know they have one for the 4800 and the 4200.

[ABRAXAAS]

a 8x will not fit a 4x slot, you will ahve to send it back or get a new mobo

[BLuE_ZeRO]

well that's not entirely true. Check if your motherboard is 8x compatible. Chances are you can run it but it will run at 4x not 8.

[ABRAXAAS]

yeah it will work if your mobo is 8x compatible , if its not you'll know right away it wont fit 8x requiersa longer slot

[TGF NightHawk]

This should be in the tech forums...powda could hook you up, most likely!!

[powdahound]

You'll have to check to see if your mobo supports it. Usually it's better to do this research BEFORE you actually buy the thing... lol. I also didn't know they had a 4600 8x agp... Anyway, check your mobo (call Gateway or something) or just put it in and see if it works! If it doesn't, send it back and get a 4x.

[ABRAXAAS]

if you can avoid buying the 4600 8x they have slower performance than the 4x and thats because there is no programs that are demanding enough to use it so its just gives you reduced performance ,a real waste untill doom3 comes out ,oh and unreal2 it will work better with unreal 2

[powdahound]

I highly doubt that 8x would make it any slower... It shouldn't have any problems running at 4x at all.

[OneManArmy]

yea.. uhh.. what the heck guys... All AGP slots are the same. If the MOBO does not support 8x then it will run at 4x. And quite honestly there is no damn improvement from 4x to 8x...

[BLuE_ZeRO]

There aren't any improvements because games and programs don't take advantage of it. In alot of tests running at 8x was worse than 4x by 1 to 2%.

[Sputty]

Well, some video cards(the 4800 for one I believe) require 8X and won't work on 4X I think. Not sure if 4X will work on 8X slots

[Destroyeron]

I didn't order the 8x one, but thats what they sent me.

[ABRAXAAS]

A 4x will fit in a 8x slot a 8x will not fit in a 4x slot .
and all the benchmarking I have seen actually shows slower performance .