AGP video slot compatibility

[tuongo]

Hi guys,

I was looking at a review of this board: Elitegroup Photon AF1 Lite (VIA KT600) at Digital-Daily.

And it said it's 4X/8X compatible. I have a 2X card - does that mean I have to buy a new card if I want to use this board?

 

[azel]

You can use slower AGP cards on any higher speed AGP slots.
Usually the other way around (8x card on a 4x mobo) would work, too.
In this case the bandwidth will be limited, though.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Your card most likely won't work with that board because you probably have a 3.3v card that is keyed differently so it won't fit in the slot. If you do have a 1.5v 2x card then I would suggest checking with ECS to find out if that board will support 2x 1.5v cards.

 

[tuongo]

thanks guys. I asked ECS, but they wanted me to give them a buncha information from the motherboard (assuming I'd purchased already), so I don't think they'll give me an answer.

I found this link from ATI

http://www.ati.com/support/faq/agpchart.html

I have an Microstar-8815 Pro card (that's what it says on the card). And from what I can see, it's keyed like the Universial AGP per the ATI page.

If I'm reading this page right, I'm ok no matter what AGP slot theboard has?

 

[o1die]

If you look carefully at the form, only about half the spaces have to be filled in. I asked the same question about the k7s5a, and the answer was yes, I could use a 3.3 or 1.5 volt card in that board. It took them about 12 hours to respond.