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biggs22

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April 11th, 2006 05:00

Dimension 4600: AGP or PCI???

i have a GF6800 AGP card currently and im think of upgrading... seems like all the new cards are PCI express only.. my question is, is the Dimension 4600 AGP only.. or does it by chance also have a PCI express slot?

Im trying to find a GF 7900 but they all seem to be PCI
if my comps AGP only id need a completely new motherboard with PCI express, right?

side note... does anyone know if the nvidia 7900 comes in AGP form?

Skybird

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April 11th, 2006 11:00

Your system is AGP only.  It cannot accept PCI-E.

Oletymer

977 Posts

April 11th, 2006 12:00

As of now the Nvidia 7900 does not come in AGP format.  The most powerful AGP card you could put into your Dim. 4600 at the present time is the Nvidia 7800GS  AGP.

 

XPS400--Pentium D 830@3.0 GHz--1 Gig PC5300 DDR2@667MHz
GigaByte X800XL PCI-E@430/1080--- Stock 375 Watt PSU.
Dell UltraSharp 1905FP 19" LCD.

E510---Pentium 4 630@3.0GHz--1 Gig Corsair PC4200@533MHz
XFX 6800GS PCI-E@485/1100----OCZ Modstream 450 Watt PSU.
Dell E196FP 19" LCD.

Gateway E6500D-- Pent.4 660@3.6 GHz 800MHz FSB HT.
2Gigs Samsung PC4200@533MHz
eVGA 7900GT CO Superclocked @ 562/1750
OCZ Modstream 520 Watt PSU.
Gateway FPD 1975 19" LCD.
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biggs22

11 Posts

April 11th, 2006 18:00

cr4p... so its save to say that AGP is basically completely phased out now

SR45

12.1K Posts

April 11th, 2006 19:00

Only from Dell.  You can still get a motherboard with the AGP slot.  Everything is now moving to the newer PCI-Express slots

biggs22

11 Posts

April 13th, 2006 15:00

well what if i want a new Motherboard that has a PCI slot instead of AGp BUT i want to keep my Processor and Ram and Power supply... does anyone know of a motherboard that is compatable with everything thats in a 4600?....

Basically i want everything to be the same except the Video card slot. is this do-able?

tigerwolf7

3.9K Posts

April 14th, 2006 12:00

No, not even close. Everything has changed since the 4600 was released.

A 7800GS would be a fairly big upgrade from a regular 6800, so it might be worth it. Otherwise you're better off just making do or buying a whole new system.

biggs22

11 Posts

April 14th, 2006 18:00

really?...every piece of hardware in my 4600 is pretty much usless for upraging?.... hmm then this realyl is a problem... im really not sure if its worth getting a 7800GS ... it wont run dx10 and in another 6 months most new games will be using it

tigerwolf7

3.9K Posts

April 17th, 2006 12:00

A handful of new games might support Direct X 10 in (a bit over) eight months (Vista dosen't even come out 'till January), but nothing available now is Direct X 10 class hardware, and it'll be years before you NEED DX 10 class hardware.

Felipe241

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June 17th, 2006 07:00

Im going to get a NVidia 7800 GS OC video card, do I need to up my Dimension 4600's power supply in order to use it? I believe it requires 400W.

tigerwolf7

3.9K Posts

June 19th, 2006 15:00

You shouldn't, no. Serveral people have reported success with the 7800GS on your power supply.

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