Change video card AGP?

Question

Iron

Is it possible to put a new video card on a computer with a Gigabyte GA-8IRX motherboard with AGP 4x (1.5M) support and a Pentium4 1.6 processor, instead of the Radeon 9000 Pro, and more modern, say Nvidea 7800 GT AGP 8x.
Will it be possible to play HD video (720p) via flash on YouTube after that?

Answer 1

Is it important to keep the old motherboard? You can assemble a computer with an integrated GPU with 1080p support and a 2-thousand-core processor for 2-3 rubles. Of course, with the preservation of the old hard drive enclosure, etc.

Answer 2

We look at the AGP specification on the motherboard from the manufacturer and find out that the connector is 1 x AGP 4x mode & AGP 2.0 compliant - from here it is possible to install any video card of the AGP 2.0 or AGP 2.0/3.0 standard. We look at the results of selecting video cards, for example, here Help in choosing an AGP video card + FAQ . or here [FAQ] Work of new video cards on old platforms and vice versa, as well as AGP compatibility issues .
But can she play HD 720? Most likely it can, the main thing is to correctly configure the drivers. I can’t give a 100% guarantee, because I don’t have such hardware at hand.

Answer 3

If I'm not confusing anything, the HD 4000 series video cards had support for hardware accelerated flash. I don't know if such support was implemented in versions under AGP. So, if we are talking about buying such a video card, it makes sense to look at something like the Sapphire Radeon HD 4650.