ATI HD2600 pro 512Mb

TheDaddy · 11-09-2009, 11:48 AM

Hi, I've had a look at the stickies but still am a bit confused.. I'm just wondering if the spare AGP ATI HD2600 pro that my friend has will be of any use in my ageing system.. Can anyone help?

**emosun** · 11-10-2009, 01:43 AM

You can give it a try , however , you will have to remove all of the nvidia drivers with driver cleaner first. The card also may not work in an older board like that.

TheDaddy · 11-10-2009, 07:36 AM

Hi, ok thanks. What factors might stop it from working in my motherboard? FSB maybe?

**emosun** · 11-10-2009, 08:10 AM

Newer agp cards use a pci-e conversion chip that older or cheap boards bios's sometimes do not support , the result is usually just a back screen with no post.

Horusrogue · 11-10-2009, 11:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Hi, ok thanks. What factors might stop it from working in my motherboard? FSB maybe?

What you are thinking of is bottlenecking.

11-09-2009, 11:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
TheDaddy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: UK Posts: 6 OS: WinXP	ATI HD2600 pro 512Mb Hi, I've had a look at the stickies but still am a bit confused.. I'm just wondering if the spare AGP ATI HD2600 pro that my friend has will be of any use in my ageing system.. Can anyone help? __________________ HP Workstation x4000, Intel Xeon 2.00GHz, 1GB PC800 RDRAM, Geforce FX 5500 AGP

11-10-2009, 01:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 6,988 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: ATI HD2600 pro 512Mb You can give it a try , however , you will have to remove all of the nvidia drivers with driver cleaner first. The card also may not work in an older board like that. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list

11-10-2009, 07:36 AM	#3 (permalink)
TheDaddy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: UK Posts: 6 OS: WinXP	Re: ATI HD2600 pro 512Mb Hi, ok thanks. What factors might stop it from working in my motherboard? FSB maybe? __________________ HP Workstation x4000, Intel Xeon 2.00GHz, 1GB PC800 RDRAM, Geforce FX 5500 AGP

11-10-2009, 08:10 AM	#4 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 6,988 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: ATI HD2600 pro 512Mb Newer agp cards use a pci-e conversion chip that older or cheap boards bios's sometimes do not support , the result is usually just a back screen with no post. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list