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Hi . I'm using a Gigabyte p4 titan , it's GA-81E2004 motherboard .
I want to buy a 64 mb gforce fx graphics card but i'm not sure if my motherboard's is going to be compatible with the card or not .
I've called up a shop and they were asking me if it was Gigabyte 865 or Gigabyte 845 . I've lost my motherboard manual and all I have is the motherboard box and a precedure for installing the motherboard .
Is there any way for me to know whether it's 865 or 845 other than that of looking at the manual ?

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A few practical notes that build on what , and already touched on — aimed at fixing the dark in‑game gamma after you fitted the Octek/Radeon 7000:

First, AGP speed alone (4x vs 8x) isn’t the whole story. 4x slots will accept most AGP cards, but AGP signalling voltage and slot keying matter — some older Intel 845/850-era boards were reported to have compatibility/voltage issues that can damage certain cards. Check the slot keying on the PCB and don’t force a card that doesn’t sit naturally. (en.wikipedia.org)

Yes — update the video driver. For a Radeon 7000 the correct place is AMD’s legacy support area; download the package that matches your OS (Windows 2000/XP legacy drivers/Catalyst). Do a clean install: uninstall existing ATI drivers (Control Panel), reboot, boot to Safe Mode and remove leftover driver files/entries (driver‑cleanup utilities help), then install the official Catalyst package you downloaded. This often fixes overlay/gamma bugs that shipped with vendor CDs. . ()

After the clean driver install, open the ATI/Catalyst control panel and check the Video/Overlay or Color controls (gamma, brightness, contrast) as well as the desktop color depth (use 32‑bit/True Color) and monitor refresh. Older Catalyst releases specifically improved overlay/gamma controls, so updating and using the driver control panel is key. If the game has its own gamma slider, try that too. (warp2search.net)

If updating drivers + adjusting overlay/desktop settings doesn’t help: test the card in another PC to rule out a faulty board or bad BIOS on the OEM card; try a different (older or newer) Catalyst package if available; and if needed ask the shop for an exchange/guarantee before buying another card — exactly the kind of extra caution suggested.

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Either board will support an AGP8X video card. An i845 chipset board should have an AGP4X slot, which should be fine.

Even so, make sure you can get a guarantee that the card you're buying will work in your motherboard.

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Everest says that the supported agp speeds are 1x , 2x and 4x .

Current agp speed : 4x .
I'll try and post the result here . Now I understand what they meant by 845 !

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okay i've bought octek's tadeon 7000 series 64mb . however , no matter how high i set my desktop gamma / brightness settings to be , the in-game gamma level is always horrible and too dark . Should I try to download a new driver from the internet ? I had one driver with the cd .

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