[Pc_Support] AGP 4X/8X

[Read, Greg]

Well, I changed my mind and ordered the card.

I found somewhere on XFX's site that the card required a 4x or 8x slot.
Someone also pointed me to this link:
http://www.directron.com/15agpguide.html#what


I plugged it in last night and it worked fine.
The DVI out is noticeably sharper w/ better color.

Thanks guys.

Greg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pc_support-bounces at matrixlist.com [mailto:pc_support-
> bounces at matrixlist.com] On Behalf Of Read, Greg
> Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 3:14 PM
> To: This is the PC Support list.
> Subject: RE: [Pc_Support] AGP 4X/8X
> 
> Thanks everyone,
> 
> I can't find the voltage to the AGP slot listed anywhere, nor can I
find
> the voltage to the card listed on XFX's site.
> 
> Jason's experience with XFX is strike two.
> 
> I'll wait until I upgrade the MB.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pc_support-bounces at matrixlist.com
> > [mailto:pc_support-bounces at matrixlist.com] On Behalf Of Bryan J.
Smith
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 11:39 PM
> > To: This is the PC Support list.
> > Subject: Re: [Pc_Support] AGP 4X/8X
> >
> > On Wed, 2006-07-19 at 15:41 -0400, Read, Greg wrote:
> > > I have an old system, Athlon 1700XP and it has an AGP 4X slot; I'm
> > > currently using a NVidia GeForce 3 Ti200 in it.
> > > I bough a new LCD monitor that has a DVI input and I wanted
> > to get a
> > > cheap NVidia graphics card that has DVI.
> > > I found one on Buy.com, XFX GeForce 6200 128MB DDR AGP Video Card
(
> > > DVI TV-Out VGA ) - PVT44ARA it's $28 after rebate.
> > > The catch is, it says it's AGP 8X, can I use it in my 4X slot?
> >
> > The NV44 (GeForce 6200) kicks about all pre-NV40 ass --
> > including the non-TurboCache (which includes AGP) being 4-6x
> > faster than a NV34 (GeForce FX5200/5500):
> > http://thebs413.blogspot.com/2006/02/geforce-6-and-7-series-va
> > riants-nuts.html
> >
> > > I've seen similar eVGA cards on Newegg that say they are AGP4X/8X,
> > > should I go with one of those?
> >
> > Depends.  On my blog, I listed the AGP 1.0 (1x/2x), 2.0
> > (2x/4x) and 3.0
> > (4x/8x) voltages:
> > http://thebs413.blogspot.com/2005/11/agp-agp-pro-pci-and-pci-x
> > -voltage.html
> >
> > Many newer AGP 3.0, 0.8V cards are _not_ always 1.5V
> > tolerant.  As such, they do _not_ often work in AGP 2.0 slots
> > that can only do 1.5V (and are possibly 3.3V tolerant).  This
> > has been a major issue with compatibility.
> >
> > To make matters worse, if you buy the card and put it in the
> > slot, you _could_ blow it and/or the slot.  Typically the
> > problem is when your older card uses a higher voltage than
> > the newer slot of lower voltage, and a newer card with lower
> > voltage won't blow the older slow of higher voltage.
> >
> > But you never know.  And the mainboard as well as the cards
> > do a _poor_ job of telling you.
> >
> > I don't know if nVidia did a good job with the NV44 (6200)
> > and 1.5V tolerance -- let alone if vendors are honoring them.
> >  But I can tell you that did _not_ do a good job with the
> > NV43 (6600) when it came to 1.5V tolerance.  They typically
> > _only_ work in AGP 3.0 (4x/8x) slots and _not_ older AGP 2.0
> > (2x/4x) slots.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Bryan J. Smith          Professional, technical annoyance
> > mailto:b.j.smith at ieee.org    http://thebs413.blogspot.com
> > ---------------------------------------------------------
> > The world is in need of solutions.  Unfortunately, people
> > seem to be more interested in blindly aligning themselves
> > with one of only two viewponts -- an "us v. them" debate that
> > has nothing to do with finding an actual solution.
> >
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