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4x AGP in an AGP 3.0 Slot?

Saxoholic

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I am thinking about purchasing the Asus A7N8x, and want to know if my 4x AGP card will work in the 8x AGP slot.
 

Megatomic

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Yes, my 4X AGP card is working in my 8X AGP slot right now.

GF4 Ti 4200 and Epox 8RDA+
 

Iron Woode

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Originally posted by: Saxoholic
Thank you. Just wanted to make sure I wouldn't damage my expensive geforce 4
All 8x AGP slots are backwards compatible.

Only caution is not to use old 3.3volt AGP cards in newer motherboards.