Would tihs work? Help please

[Adachi]

Someone told me that he read on Wikipedia that ATI Radeon 9500 works with AGP 1.0 slots. So does that mean a card that's lower than 9500 would work? I am planning on buying a Radeon 9250 for my really old computer. I searched on NewEgg Saphire Radeon 9250 128MB 64bit, and it said it is AGP 2X. I couldn't find the 128bit card, so I'm not sure if it is AGP 2X. On another site, it said that Radeon 9250 Diamond something something does not work with AGP 1.0, but on the Radeon 9250 normal card it didn't say that it doesn't work with AGP 1.0, but it also didn't say that it does work, so I'm wondering if this card would work on my computer. My computer is a Dell Dimension XPS T450. Windows XP Pentium III, 450 Mhz, 384 MB Ram, and a AGP 1.0 slot (I think, I'm not sure how to check what slot I have, because I think my uncle has upgraded this machine before).

Thanks!

 

[JPB]

See if this helps you out any...

http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:mwF...rk+in+agp+1.0&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=3

 

[JPB]

By the looks of this http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage...2F8X+Low+Profile+Video+Card+%2D+Retail cards connector....and compare it to the diagram in the link in the post above...it looks like the 9250 is a 3.3 volt card. Which is a 1.0 slot. ( I think )

Edit: Just look at your agp slot and see if it looks like the connector on the card.

 

[Adachi]

The card I'm looking for is Saphire Radeon 9250. Is it the same as that one?

EDIT: Nevermind, I think I got it. I found an image on Google http://files.agem.sk/mainpict/n_x/sapati_9250.jpg and it looks like the 3.3 and 1.5 volt together.

Can anyone confirm this?

Thanks!

 

[JPB]

Read that article that I posted. I gaurantee it will answer all your questions. But yea, it should work.

 

[Adachi]

Okay, thanks, but how do I check if I have an AGP slot?

EDIT: It says Radeon 9250 is a Universal AGP 3.0 Card. It says that 1x and 2x works with 3.3V but 1x, 2x, and 4x works with 1.5V. The card I want is only 4x and 8x, will it still work?

 

[JPB]

It should still work since it can run at 4x. To verify if you have an agp slot, open your case, and see if there is a brown ( i think its brown...some are yellow ) colored slot above the black ones which are PCI. If you do, check for writing above or below the slot, it should say agp somewhere.


Edit: This is taken from the article above....

AGP 3.0 added support for 0.8 volt signaling but it did not add a new kind of slot. If a video card supports either 1.5 volt or 0.8 volt signaling then it has the 1.5 volt slot.