agp 2.0

[lazybum550]

I have a Azza PT-6IBP motherboard with a intel 440bx chipset. Do you think that the motherboard would be agp 2.0 compliant? When did agp 2.0 motherbaords come out? I'm asking these questions because I tried installing a geforce 2 Ti graphics card and the drivers would not install correctly, only the default vga drivers would install.

 

[eplebnista]

Hello,

Apparently it is a AGP 1.0 (1x/2x). The details are here. It should work though, unless the card is AGP 2.0 (4x) only.

HTH,
eplebnista

 

[lazybum550]

i thought agp 2.0 meant agp 2x. tell me if i'm wrong

 

[eplebnista]

Hello,

AGP 1.0 is rated at 66mhz/133mhz which is 1x and 2x. While AGP 2.0 is 266mhz which is 4x. Most video cards are backwards compatible with AGP 1.0, although there are some that are 4x only.

HTH,
eplebnista

 

[MrBumpy]

<< AGP 1.0 is rated at 66mhz/133mhz which is 1x and 2x. While AGP 2.0 is 266mhz which is 4x. Most video cards are backwards compatible with AGP 1.0... >>


Case in point - I am currently using a GeForce 3 Ti200 in my BCM VP-1541 motherboard (ALi Aladdin V chipset) on an AMD K6-III processor with no problems whatsoever. My motherboard only supports AGP 1.0, so I can see no reason why you shouldn't be able to run a similar setup without problems. Just make sure you have the latest AGP drivers for your chipset, and you should be fine.