Hi I have a Gateway 500sand it is almost 3 years old, I just bought an Ati Radeon X1600 Pro 256mb AGP and it can run at either 4X or 8X. The problem is that my motherboard only supports 4X and I want it to run in full 8X. I dont wanna buy any new hardware like the processor or the memory and I was thinking if somebody could help me to find a motherboard that can support AGP 8X, as mentioned before, withouth changing the processor or memory. This is my configuration:
Processor
Intel Pentium 4, 2400 MHz
133MHz external bus
Video
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Graphics Adapter: RADEON X1600 Series
Screen Area/Colors: 1280x1024 pixels, 16 million colors
Monitor: Gateway FPD1730
Operating System
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Windows XP SP1 (Windows XP 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1)
Original setup date: 6/16/2006
DirectX Version: 5.3.0000001.0904 built by: private/Lab06_dev(DXBLD00)
SWAP FILE DISABLED
File cache managed by Windows
If I’m missing some info please let me know thanks in advance.
Download [google]CPU-Z[/google] and find out what core and socket the CPU uses. I’m pretty sure of what the socket is, but I’d like to make sure before recommending anything.
Hi thanks for replying this is some of the information you requested using CPU-Z:
Processor 0
– Core 0
– Thread 0
Processors Information
Processor 1 (ID = 0)
Number of cores 1
Number of threads 1 (max 1)
Name Intel Pentium 4
Codename Northwood
Specification Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
Package Socket 478 mPGA (platform ID = 2h)
CPUID F.2.7
Extended CPUID F.2
Brand ID 9
Core Stepping C1
Technology 0.13 um
Core Speed 2402.5 MHz (18.0 x 133.5 MHz)
Rated Bus speed 533.9 MHz
Stock frequency 2400 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2
L1 Data cache 8 KBytes, 4-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Trace cache 12 Kuops, 8-way set associative
L2 cache 512 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control no
If you need the rest of the info let me know. thanks…
Here is another mATX motherboard… ASRock P4I65G Vid/Snd AGP (Socket 478) Motherboard
This has the Intel Sprindale too. I couldnt say its better than the VIA and SiS chips but it was marketed that way a few years back.
I personally would go for the Asrock mATX board or the Asus ATX board, even though they dont have the intel chipset. All have Dual DDR which is a bonus. I dont suppose SATA is an issue but they all support it plus the first Asus one has RAID too.
Yup. While some people don’t like Via chipsets, I’ve never had one give me any trouble and I’ve used 20+ different motherboards.
One thing to keep in mind is that you will need to reinstall Windows for best results, given that the chipset will not be the same as what you currently have.