Compatible AGP Graphic Card - VIA P4M266A Northbridge + VT8235 Southbridge Chipsets

I have a new pc with m/b VIA P4M266A Northbridge + VT8235 Southbridge Chipsets - and I am having difficulty in obtaining a Compatible AGP Graphic Card. Any suggestions links to current available cards that will work would be helpfull.

 

Any AGP card that is AGP 4x compliant (AGP 2x/4x or 4x/8x) should work...basically pretty much any AGP card will work fine.

 

Unfortunateky - the m/b is very picky ... i.e. Radoen 7000 64mb / Radeon 9200L 128mb / G-Force FX 5600 128mb don't work on the m/b AGP port.

 

how much money are you looking at spending?
also what are your other system specs

 

To be truthfull its not a matter of cost.. but just to make use of the AGP port would be 'nice'. Another question here... I am considering of buying a PCI [not PCI-E don't have that facility] card as I am having trouble to find a compatiable AGP graphic card .. any advice as to pros and cons i.e. PCI over AGP.


Some further info on the m/b card that is proving poblematic is located here...

http://www.pcchips.com.tw/PCCWeb/Pr...uID=22&LanID=0&DetailID=271&DetailName=Driver


Thanks
Ray

 

Compatible AGP Graphic Card - VIA P4M266A Northbridge + VT8235 Southbridge Chipse

How have you come to the conclusion that it's the motherboard and not a driver issue or other non-motherboard hardware?

The AGP is better than the PCI interface for video cards because it's default speed is 66MHz (AGP 1x) versus the 33MHz for the PCI bus (not PCIe). Also, AGP does not share bandwith with any other devices on the motherboard, so the video card does not have to share resources with the hard drives. If you're not gaming, this probably won't be an issue, but if you will be, then this is going to be a major reason to get an AGP video card over a PCI one.

Something just doesn't seem right, weather it's a driver issue or some incompatible hardware, I can't say, so why don't you list this system's specs (include the power supply make and model) so we can see if there's anything that stands out as an issue.

 

Compatible AGP Graphic Card - VIA P4M266A Northbridge + VT8235 Southbridge Chipse

[ot]

Because it's made by VIA...... [/ot]

 

Of course, let's not try any troubleshooting and just blame the chipset...

 

Compatible AGP Graphic Card - VIA P4M266A Northbridge + VT8235 Southbridge Chipse

hehe, c'mon it was just a joke!

There are a few troubleshooting steps you should take, before you buy another graphics card. Download and install the latest drivers for your motherboard. If this doesn't help matters, then you should check some settings in the CMOS.
Make sure that AGP X4 mode is 'Enabled'. Try disabling all 'Video Shadows' ie Shadow xxxxx.xxxxxx. Try disabling Video Cache, and video BIOS cache. If all those settings are already disabled, try enabling them, and see what works best