what interface is this card 2x 4x or 8x ...............

4X or 8X
//Danne

I need a definent answer as I am replacing the card so it will fit the agp slot

8X are backwards compatible.
//Danne

Well, if it's 4x or 8x, it will work pretty much everywhere. I know it's NOT 2x, they never made such a thing, but it could be 8x. Now, you would have a problem IF you tried to stuff an 8x card into a 645 SIS cheapset mobo. You might also have trouble stuffing it into an older 2x AGP mobo. Usually, an 8x agp Ti4600 will be labeled as such, because it was a BIG advertising gimic. It's PROBABLY 4x, so it will PROBABLY work where you want it. Why don't you give the specifics and we can tell you if it's going to work. We need more info to know if it's an 8x card or not, because they made both 4x and 8x.

I believe it could handle a 1X 2X or 4X it has a GA-8SDX motherboard it's a gigabyte P4 titan series, am I correct.................

Well, here's the problem, it's an 645 SiS chipset, and the card could POSSIBLY be 8x. If so, it will fail to post, but it WON'T HURT IT. You can put it in and try it in other words without fear of any damage. The board might refuse to post though because of the SiS 645/8x agp bug (good old SiS for ya). I'm pretty sure that it's a 4x card, and it will work just fine in that mobo. Usually, if a ti4600 was 8x AGP, they made a big deal about it, and slathered the card in 8x decals! All that so that STUPID PEOPLE would buy them thinkint they'd get better performance. Considering the GPU itself was NEVER designed for 8x AGP operation, it made stability issues sometimes. If it did anything, it was MAYBE a difference of 1/2 FPS!!! Usually, (ESPECIALLY with the SiS 648 & 655 chipsets) it just made for stability problems! I looked, and I couldn't find an Visiontek 8x ti4600 anywhere, so I don't beleive they made one. I could be wrong though, and if it is 8x, IT WON'T WORK!!!

Can you give a source? My friend uses an ATi Radeon 9800 which is a 8x card and it POSTs and works fine on a 645DX.
Did a fast search and found this... http://www.techsupportforum.com/comp...c/67153-1.html
Apparently 8X cards works fine despite what you claim.
//Danne

So what would be a good card to put in as I want to play battlefield 2 and other games well the geforce 4 ti 4600 was a good card for it's time......

Have a look at ATi x700 and/or Geforce 6600GT.
//Danne

This was a WELL KNOWN issue with the geforce TI series cards. The link you posted was to SiS 651 chipset with onboard video, appearantly, that works with 9800+ cards. The first gen 9700 PROs WOULD NOT post with SiS 645 chipsets, I dunno if they fixed it later or not. I know some people have had SERIOUS issues trying to get 9800 PROs to post, it's hit and miss @ best. I know for a FACT that the Geforce series 8x cards WOULD NOT POST on SiS 645 chipsets. This is the bug I'm talking about, but it's not relavent, because I doubt this card is 8x agp anyways. Anyways, enough about the SiS chipset stuff, it's getting obnoxious.

http://www.shentech.com/vixtnvgeti12.html

That is a 4x AGP card. There shouldnt be any problems as long as the latest BIOS for the SiS 645 is installed. Correct me if Im wrong here, but the AGP Pro was the only sloted card that was longer and they stopped production of these shortly after.

The TI 4600 is a damn good card!!! As a matter of fact this card will out perform most if not all of the 5000 series. If you dont want it let me know.

I have this card it is 4x here

Possibly nVidia bug... =)
http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardwar...211_1449721__2
http://www.devhardware.com/c/a/Video...-Video-Card/2/
Looks like you'll be fine with ATi.
//Danne

Man, I shouldn't even reply to this, but it needs to be said. The MAIN PROBLEMS with 8x agp cards and SiS 645 chipsets were the EARLY 9700 pros, and geforce TI series 8x agp cards. The early 9700s also had MAJOR issues with SiS 648 & 655 chipsets, but the nvidia cards worked. I know for a fact that an 8x geforce TI series card WON'T POST on the SiS 645 chipset. The the Asus P4S333 doesn't work with ANY 8x AGP card, and neither do a LOT of early SiS 645 mobos. The later SiS 645 chipset mobos were a LOT better about this, but it was still hit and miss. You really think a reviewer that got a 9700 pro FOR FREE when they first came out would report an issue with a VERY POPULAR chipset @ the time??? HELL NO, if you want to find this stuff, you have to dig through forum archives. Back when I had my P4S8X, I saw posts about the first 8x agp cards (radeons mainly) and SiS chipset based mobos DAILY! The 645, 648, and 655 ALL had some issues with the early 9700 pros, and some 645 chipset based boards wouldn't even post with later revision 9700 pro cards, let alone ANY 8x card. Personally, I think it was a chipset revision issue. Appearantly they fixed the issue, because people are able to run SiS chipsets NOW with later revision 9700 PRO cards, and later. I went through the same HELL, I bought a 9700 PRO when it first came out, and tried to stuff it in the P4S8X, BIG MISTAKE!! The issue with the 645 chipset was it would flat out fail to post, or it would run, but it was a VERY COMMON problem back in the day! If you happened to get an early revision 9700 pro, and an early SiS 645 mobo, you were HOSED! That happened a LOT, especially with P4S533 boards. Search forums, not reviews, the reviews were bought and paid for by ATI.

This is a long shot...but does anyone happen to be in possesion of a Visiontek Geforce4 Ti 4600?
If you are, I will be greatly in debted to you. Even moreso if you have a decent digital camera as well.
I own the above mentioned card, but a missing resistor and a crystal are keeping it from being anything but a paperweight.
It's sitting at an electronics shop right now, but the guy can't do anything without knowing the specs on the two missing items. The original Visiontek company having gone out of business, no one has schematics for this card.
If you can help me, and I pray that someone can, I'll send you a basic pic of the back of the card and highlight the area I need a high-definition zoomed shot of.

Email me at aspect_wolf@yahoo.com please.

I have that card working in my computer now what resistor on the video card.

The card, like I said, is at an electronics shop atm so I don't have direct access to it this very minute. The best I can do is post this pic I snagged from the web and show you which ones. The circle on the left indicates the 3-point black crystal diode and the circle on the right is the small resistor, possible brown in color. Should be the only one located in that area, if I remember correctly.
If you are unsure, with this not being enough information, I can always call the guy on Tuesday and get him to read me the exact numbers off the card, which will also be on your card right beneath each of the missing parts.
Thanks for the help btw.

The left is D6 number on the resistor and the right has a number underneath it C1534 after that there are two other resistors in line bottem one R890 and a little to the top is R884. I had to use a magnifying glass to see them clear.hope this helps, let me know

Thanks man, you are going above and beyond. I really owe ya.
I will contact the electronics guy this Tuesday, Monday being a holiday, and find out what he says. I think the D6 part will help on the black tri point, as for the resistor on the right, the C number is still on my board, so that is the one we are lookin at, but I think he needs to know the color of the band on the resistor. I heard that is how you determine what specs that resistor has.
Anyway, I will know more on Tuesday.
Again, yer a life saver...or a card saver, as the case may be.

Umm, he needs more info than that! All the R884 means is that is resistor # 884 on the PCB (printed circuit board). Without a schematic to reference with the resistor with, he can't look up the value. So, resistors are usually labeled with a little number on the part itself. They used to color code them, but I don't think they do that with surface mount stuff. He really needs the number off the actual part. The other part is probably a capacitor, but again, the number written on the circuit board is pretty much USELESS, you'll have to look on the part itself. I've been into electronics for a long time, and replaced many parts on circuit boards. The number on the board does very little except tell you what type of part it is. The value of the part is another question.

yes but getting colors on a 2 year old card is hard

The color coding would be stripes on the resistor, and I think that's only the old style resistors. Surface mounts I don't think have ever been color coded. It wouldn't be on the circuit board. He does need the numbers off of the actual device.

I haven't forgotten about this. I still appreciate the help, but for whatever reason the electronics guy isn't answering his phone. As soon as I can get ahold of him, I will post the information he requires. Thanks again.