Graphics card supported by intel 82865g chipset

[Shail]

Hey there,
Can someone please tell me which graphic card interface intel 82865g supports...?
I am confused between AGP and AGP8x....
My motherboard has a slot for AGP(not sure if it's 8x) which has only one gap in its structure...(like the one showed in attached image...)
What do you call such slot?(AGP or AGP8x)
Also, list best graphics card available for the slot mentioned if possible....

Do reply on this, your feedback is highly appreciated......
Thanks!

 

[metal80772]

Well, the chipset that you put up supports up to AGP 8x 533mhz. it supports cards less than that speed too. you are correct in calling the port an AGP port. AGP simply stands for Accelerated Graphics Port, it came in multiple speeds, 8x times happens to be its latest and final speed, before it was replaced by PCI-e. A good graphics card can be found by doing some research at TomsHardware.com . I took the liberty of looking at it for my interest and found this article piece that you may found useful....This is from Feb 2008, so its fairly recent

"...On the AGP side of things, the Radeon 3850 AGP has arrived as the undisputed god-king of the aging bus, although it seems easier to source in Europe than in North America. Whether or not it's worth the purchase price depends on your AGP system, but I certainly wouldn't recommend pairing it with anything less than an Athlon 64 or Core 2 Duo. Perhaps it might be worth pairing with a +3.0 GHz Pentium 4, but I'm not sure that would be a wise investment.
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