It depends on the what kind of AGP slot you have. For example: My
motherboard has a 4X AGP slot. I can put a video card with an 8X AGP speed,
but I will only get a 4X speed performance from the video card.

Since you are not using the computer to play games, use the 16MB card.

Joe

"ron" wrote in message
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Joe,

just normal internet downloads, etc. No gaming.

Ron

Joe727 wrote:

What exactly do you plan to do with the cards in respect to
'performance'?
Play games? Surf the internet? Office applications such as
spreadsheets?

Joe

"ron" wrote in message
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i have two video cards i can put in a P3 running WIN98SE. One is a AGP
4X 8MB card and the other is an older AGP 2X 16MB card. Which is
preferable as far as performance is concerned? Does the 4X vs. 2X spec
mean more than the 8MB vs. 16 MB spec?

Ron