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6600GT - AGP 4X compatable?

Hail The Brain Slug

Hail The Brain Slug

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I just got a new 6600 GT for my mom. The box says it REQUIRES an AGP 8x compliant slot, but I'm sure the motherboard in her system is only AGP 4X. Will this work, or am I sort of screwed?
 
The standard for the AGP3 (8x) is supposed to say that it can be used in either an AGP2 slot or an AGP3 slot. Chances are it will work like faster RAM does, and down-scale happily, just can't reach its potential full accelleration. But supposedly, the 8x standard hadn't yet had its limits fully extended before the PCI-e came along to displace it.


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It will work. 4x and 8x use the same slot so it's compatible. Just like DDR Ram, you can use DDR333 in DDR400 slot and vice versa.
 
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