graphics card compatibility

[Jasiu89]

My current motherboard is Asus K8V-MX and graphics card geforce FX 5200
I would like to upgrade to a geforce8600gt but dont know if it's compatible with the motherboard since it's quite old, can anyone help ?

 

[ivan chaos]

no srry you have agp but you can get an
AGP- Newegg.com - BIOSTAR V6802XA52 GeForce 6800XT 512MB 256-bit GDDR2 AGP 4X/8X Video Card - Retail

pci- Newegg.com - JATON VIDEO-338PCI-DVI GeForce 6200 256MB 128-bit DDR PCI Low Profile Video Card - Retail
i think that is the best you can do not sure though and

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[veg1992]

8600gt is pci-e

but I believe there are some hd2xxx series cards that perform around the same of an 8600gt and are AGP

 

[Jorsoft]

Those 2600 series cards would be the best AGP ones you can get. Here's links to a lower end one with gddr2 and the higher end one with gddr3.

Newegg.com - HIS Hightech H26PQT512ANP Radeon HD 2600PRO 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 AGP 4X/8X HDCP Ready Video Card - Retail
Newegg.com - HIS Hightech H26XQT512ANP Radeon HD 2600XT 512MB 128-bit GDDR3 AGP 4X/8X HDCP Ready Video Card - Retail

Or you could begin the upgade process and go with a newer motherboard, get some ddr2 ram (cheap!) and a pci-e graphics card. What socket is your processor?