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[09909]

AGP speeds be combatible with my MSI K7 Motherboard? Thanks

 

[micker377]

Look in the manual (or online at the MSI site) to see what speeds your motherboard supports. Then look online at the cards specs to see what speeds they operate at.

 

[paparazi]

09909
It's often the case that cards that were made around the same era as your motherboard will work best, buying a second hand card that was the top banana at that time.
SO:
Maybe a Geforce4 4600Ti of 2002 or
Geforce4 Ti500 18months before that.

What you often find with the very latest cards (X series GF6) when used on older mainboards is 1) often there are compatibility issues and 2) they are severely bottle necked (restricted) by slower/older/memory/CPU and chipsets.

You might be able to upgrade a couple of generations for instance: The excellent Radeon 9500/9600pro as a good middle ranking sollution.
Martin

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[felixc]

This is an old K7 board, with early chipsets that had bugs and limitations. I'd follow Martin's advice. Google for reviews of the K7 mobo, and see what were the graphics cards used for the benchmarks. Unless there's a nice salesperson at your local PC store who would let you try a card in your system.