basically i have a Gigabyte GA-8PE800 motherboard and i want to upgrade certain areas of it so that it would run faster i would buy another moter board but i havent got the money at the mo lol so i wanna take it step by step so i was just wondering what the best graphics card available for my motherboard would be also id like to know what precesor is the best on the market that would be compatable with my motherboard that you i will post specs of mother board
Specification
Processor
* Socket 478 Intel ® Pentium® 4 with HT Technology
* 1 x CD / AUX in
* 1 x FDD
* 2 x UDMA ATA 100/66 Bus Master IDE
* 2 x USB 2.0 (supports 4 ports)
* 3 x cooling fan pin headers
* SPDIF in/out (with rear bracket)
Expansion Slots
* 1 x AGP 4x, support 1.5v display card only
* 5 x PCI slots (PCI 2.2 compliant)
Rear Panel I/O
* 1 x Game / Midi
* 1 x LPT
* 2 x COM
* 2 x PS/2 (Keyboard/Mouse)
* 2 x USB 2.0
* 3 x Audio jacks (Line-in/Line-out/MIC)
CPU/AGP/DIMM setting
* AGP Voltage / Clock adjustable via BIOS
* CPU FSB / Multiplier / Vcore Voltage adjustable via BIOS
* DIMM Voltage / Clock adjustable via BIOS
Form Factor
* ATX
* 295mm x 200mm
H/W Monitoring
* H/W detect and report Power-in voltage, CPU voltage and Fan speed
* System health status auto-detect and report by BIOS
well, socket 478 mobos are pretty old, but I think the best processor for that would be the one you allready have.
As for the gfx card, the Gecube x1950xt is the fastest card out there for AGP, and it will probably allways be that way. Unfortunelry, people are having many problems with the cooler that comes with it, and say it doesnt work right. (I have one, it works fine, but I've got water cooling)
Probably a Gainward Bliss 7800GS+ (plus is very important) would be your best bet.
* 1 x CD / AUX in
* 1 x FDD
* 2 x UDMA ATA 100/66 Bus Master IDE
* 2 x USB 2.0 (supports 4 ports)
* 3 x cooling fan pin headers
* SPDIF in/out (with rear bracket)
Expansion Slots
* 1 x AGP 4x, support 1.5v display card only
* 5 x PCI slots (PCI 2.2 compliant)
Rear Panel I/O
* 1 x Game / Midi
* 1 x LPT
* 2 x COM
* 2 x PS/2 (Keyboard/Mouse)
* 2 x USB 2.0
* 3 x Audio jacks (Line-in/Line-out/MIC)
CPU/AGP/DIMM setting
* AGP Voltage / Clock adjustable via BIOS
* CPU FSB / Multiplier / Vcore Voltage adjustable via BIOS
* DIMM Voltage / Clock adjustable via BIOS
Form Factor
* ATX
* 295mm x 200mm
H/W Monitoring
* H/W detect and report Power-in voltage, CPU voltage and Fan speed
* System health status auto-detect and report by BIOS
why are you repeating the specs that is also your 1st post? just ask if this card will work on my board with the specs posted above. that card will work on your board as both card & agp slot is 1.5volts.
