Quick Hardware Question

Black_ViperBlack_Viper Join Date: 2003-12-08 Member: 24157Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">About AGP</div> Will a AGP 8X Gfx card work in a AGP 4X slot?


Aka im getting a XFX GeForce 6800 thats 8X for 130 bucks, 194.99 at tigerdirect, 30 dollar mail-in, pay now = 238 with shiping, but my dad had another instant rebait.


And the AGP slot on my computer = only 4X...


Will it work?
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  • SpoogeSpooge Thunderbolt missile in your cheerios Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 67Members
    edited May 2005
    It will work but it will only run at the 4x speed.

    EDIT: you might also need a new power supply to properly support it.
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  • Black_ViperBlack_Viper Join Date: 2003-12-08 Member: 24157Members
    edited May 2005
    Why would i need a new power supply? Ive got a 500 watt, and only a few things are pluged into it...



    System Requirements:
    Power Requirement:
    350W Power Supply
    4-pin Connector
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  • todd1Oktodd1Ok Join Date: 2004-04-19 Member: 28018Members, Constellation, NS2 Playtester
    aye. it will work, but only work at 4x.

    are you 100% sure it's only 4x? still, dont forget that with some mobos you can overclock the AGP.
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  • CabooseCaboose title = name(self, handle) Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13597Members, Constellation
    Aye, my Radeon 9000 is a 4x/8x card, and so is the 9600XT I'm getting before too long, it'll work, just not at the 8x speed.
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  • Crono5Crono5 Join Date: 2003-07-22 Member: 18357Members
    So if you plug an exclusively 8x AGP card into an exclusively 4x slot (i.e., not 4x/8x on the label), the card will downgrade automatically to 4x, sorta like RAM? Does it work the same way for a 4x card with a 2x slot, and from an 8x to a 2x slot? And backwards?
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  • theclamtheclam Join Date: 2004-08-01 Member: 30290Members
    Wikipedia linked here:
    <a href='http://www.ertyu.org/~steven_nikkel/agpcompatibility.html' target='_blank'>http://www.ertyu.org/~steven_nikkel/agpcompatibility.html</a>

    Apparently, it's impossible to plug an AGP card into an incompatible slot. The connector is specifically made so that cards will only fit into slots that they will work with.
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  • DaJMastaDaJMasta Join Date: 2005-01-10 Member: 34750Members, Constellation
    For the most part, if they didnt use a horrible slot, it will fit and just run slower. Some agp slots are actually reversed, so the card is supposed to be on the other side of the slot, but thats mostly with older ones.

    Also some of the newer cards may not fit correctly if older agp specs used a different form factor.

    O and the power supply requirements factor in the rest of a decent computer usually (the card itself dosen't use up 350 watts <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->)
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