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Will current AGP cards with with old P3 BX boards?

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wisdomtooth

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Greetings,

I am aware that the newer AGP cards today like the Radeons use a lower voltage.

Will these new vid cards work on an old Abit BH6 motherboard? It is a 440BX-chipset motherboard.

I'm not trying to update an old P3 to play current games (I know that's not feasible), but I do want to give it DVI capability because the TNT2 15-pin VGA-only card in it right now causes my LCD to display the infamous "screendoor" effect.

Any insight would be appreciated, thanks!
 
The BX support at most an AGP 2x 3.3v card, so no, current AGP cards will not work. 4x 1.5v has been the standard for some time now. The best you're going to find(if memory serves me correctly) is DX7 class cards; so Radeon 7xxx series, GF4MX's, etc.
 
BX is agp 2x 3.3V signaling only, I think the best card that you can use in this system is a Geforce 4 TI series cards that don't support AGP 8x they still had backwards compatibality w/ agp 2x systems.
 
Did the GF4 Ti have 3.3v compatibility? I could swear it was keyed for 1.5v only.
 
Thank you for your insight, gentlemen.

I have found one card which will work with AGP 2x at Newegg and it's a Radeon 7000. Unfortunately I can find no NVidia GeForce Ti4400s that will, so ATI it is.

Your help in banishing the LCD screen door is much appreciated!
 
I was using a MX440 AGP 8x board successfully on a Asus P2B-F motherboard. I know that the motherboard was only rated for AGP 2x.
 
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