Graphics Card Help!

[Spock4]

Hello, I am bought "Radeon 9200 128MB DDR 8X AGP" By Gigabyte
I am going to install it by myself.

Is this okay to put Radeon in this motherboard
But the motherboard Noted: The AGP slot only supports NIVIDA 4XAGP cards.

Elite K7SEM << motherboard
AGP 4X
(built in) SIS730 3D CARD
256 MB SDRAM
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AMD ATHLON 2000 + XP << Processer
1.66 ghz

I am worried that it will f*** up my computer?
Help me please&#33;

[clocker]

I don&#39;t think that it will damage your board, but it will only use 4X as that is all your board supports...

[Spock4]

So the Radeon 8xAGP will downgrade to 4xAGP ? right? no damage?

[Spock4]

This worries me,the motherboard Noted: The AGP slot only supports NIVIDA 4XAGP cards. Can it be radeon come on, I bought it LAST 1-2 YEARS&#33; AGO.

[bob_the_alien]

Yeah, clocker&#39;s correct, its backwards compatible. It just will run at 4x instead of 8x. Nothing to worry about, won&#39;t damage anything.

[_John_Lennon_]

Originally posted by Spock4@9 November 2003 - 01:10
This worries me,the motherboard Noted: The AGP slot only supports NIVIDA 4XAGP cards. Can it be radeon come on, I bought it LAST 1-2 YEARS&#33; AGO.

To be honest I highly doubt that a motherboard can somehow only support Nvidia Grahpics cards, so just go ahead and install it, and see what happens.

Im sure it will all go fine.

[Evil Gemini]

yeah they probably have a contract with Nvidia to say that

[Spock4]

Haha you have a good point their... you have a good... point... but I have one more problem... i have a built in SiS730 Graphics card, and It said to use the BIO&#39;s
to disable it BEOFORE you install your graphics card...but I dont have a clue how to go there... something about restarting while pressing delete for 10 seconds?

PS So the elite motherboard K7SEM with 4xAGP can handle 9200 8xAGP? alright guys&#33; keep those responeses coming in&#33;

[clocker]

Just click "restart system" and after Windows logs off and the screen goes black, press "delete".

Welcome to the magic world of BIOS.

[Spock4]

Is it scary? im kind of scared goto bios.. but Il take my chances...