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| Author: | ffrr [ Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | A question about AGP version/compatibility |
I have knoppmyth currently installed and running nicely on and old 850 MHz celeron based system. The m/b is old and has AGP 1 on it only (I think, no newer than AGP 2 anyway for sure). The question is... can I buy a cheap AGP 8x card (like an nvidia fx5200) and use it in the old computer? In other words, are the newer AGP cards backwards compatible with older AGP slots? |
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| Author: | Martian [ Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:39 am ] |
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An Nvidia 5200 should work fine in that system. Martian |
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| Author: | tjc [ Wed Oct 18, 2006 8:05 pm ] |
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You probably need to be careful to pick a card that lists compatibility with whatever AGP level (1x, 2x, ...) your motherboard supports. |
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| Author: | Martian [ Fri Oct 20, 2006 8:05 am ] |
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AGP is fully backward compatible. The only exception might be a few third tier vendors who didn't make their 0.8V AGP cards backward compatible with 1.5V ports. As only the new and fancy chips are 0.8V and the original poster has a 1.5V slot unless he is looking at $100 plus "gamer oriented" card he won't have any issues. Even then 90%+ of those cards are backward compatible to 1.5V AGP. Martian |
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| Author: | tjc [ Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:47 pm ] |
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I thought we'd had at least a couple tales of woe on that count, but people do try to run their KM systems on "bargain" hardware ... |
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