Asus P4C800E and Radeon 9800 AIW-Pro

[looper]

I was just told my son's older Abit IT 7 MB cannot run the Radeon 9800 AIW-Pro vid card due to voltage requirements of the ATI card...

This won't be a problem if I get the Asus P4C800E, will it?

Thx

 

[ChineseDemocracyGNR]

The ABIT IT7 has an AGP 4x slot, I don't see why that wouldn't work.

http://www.abit-usa.com/produc...egories=1&model=33

 

[stevty2889]

It should run fine on the Abit motherboard. 8x agp cards are backwards compatible with 4x agp motherboards.

 

[looper]

Could it have something to do w/ the AIW-Radeon having it's own power connector?

 

[stevty2889]

Having it's own power connector would have nothing to due with the motherboard, that would depend on your PSU having enough power. Did you already try the card on that motherboard? And if so, did you have the power connector connected?

 

[looper]

The original AIW-Radeon Pro was "fried" by the tech...so they sent it back and got another one.

Now, they are telling me the Abit IT7 board won't run the Radeon... I think they might have fried the board too when everything was connected...and telling me now I need a new MB also...

I'm not sure what is going on there...

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I'm not familiar with the models available as ABIT boards, but two things that you said stood out: The Radeon card was fried, you RMA'd it and got a return; and the tech told you it wouldn't work in the ABIT mobo you spoke of.

AGP at some point went from 3.3 V to 1.5V, and recent video cards I've used include a "Warning" in the documentation about using a 1.5V AGP card in a 3.3V slot.

You shouldn't have any trouble with a Radeon 9800 in your P4C800 or P4C800-E or "Dee-Luxx", however.

 

[stevty2889]

3.3v was for very old AGP 1x boards. The IT7 is a pentium 4 board, so I can gurantee you that it is not a 3.3v board, and it has 4x agp, so there is no reason what so ever that the AIW 9800 should not work on that board. I would definatly not go back to that "tech", and not sure why you would trust him after he fried the original video card in the first place. It is quite possible they also damaged your motherboard, with whatever they did that fried your video card.