RE: [OT] New motherboard questions

["Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Jim

> Those Grandtec cards are way overpriced for what you get. You could
have
> a quad BT878 card off ebay for what a single BT878 grandtec costs (and
> thus >4x the frame capture rate)
>

Will take a look. CPC are selling the GrandX for £20 and the USB
version for
£30

> >I am also confused by AGP slots. Are these backwards compatable ?
> >eg could a new mobo with a AGP 8x take the existing AGP graphics
card ?
>
> Yes, and no. Older standards use higher voltages, so not all newer
> motherboard can use old cards. There's also AGP Pro to complicate
> matters further.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerated_Graphics_Port
>
> You might want to consider buying motherboard with PCI Express though.
> At least for the graphics card (a mixture of PCIe and PCI would be
> useful for the frame grabbers of course!). New AGP gfx cards a getting
> thin on the ground, although there's still plenty of old model stock.
> Non-graphics PCIe cards are still less prevalent though.

I was hoping to use a twin head AGP card that I have laying around. Will
have to do some looking around.

Keith