Half-height ("low profile") video cards/ AGP4X vs AGP 8X

[crazyray]

I'm in the market for a card to be used with Win XP. It will NOT be used for gaming so high performance is not an issue. It must be "low profile" to fit in my case. I've found new Radeon 9200's cheap that will fit. I understand this card underperforms relative to the 8500 and 9000 series but that is not an issue, as long as it is reliable. We're talkin' $50 cards here. Anyone aware of any reason I should NOT use this ATI card? Any other bargain low profile / half height AGP cards out there?

Are there any compatability issues between my mobo which supports AGP 4X and this ATI card which is listed as AGP 8X?


Thanks.

[Peter M]

9200 is identical to 9000, given the same clock speed and RAM equipment.

8x cards must, by definition, run on 4x mainboards. No problem there.

There also are Radeon 9600SE low profile cards, meanwhile. Note that all LP cards use only 64-bit-wide RAM, and thus inherently are a lot slower than their full size siblings. This is because LP form factor doesn't allow having RAM chips above the main chip, only to the side of it.

[crazyray]

Thank you, Peter.