WTF do they always have warnings about 3.3v agp cards?

[Shawn]

Every time I get a new mobo there is a sticker over the agp slot saying not to use 3.3v agp cards. I think even my old Voodoo 3 was 1.5v. WTH would be 3.3?

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

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[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: Nik
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:laugh:

 

[scorpmatt]

Originally posted by: Bigsm00th

Originally posted by: Nik
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:laugh:

QFT

 

[BadNewsBears]

Originally posted by: Nik
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shutup fatty

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Originally posted by: Shawn
Every time I get a new mobo there is a sticker over the agp slot saying not to use 3.3v agp cards. I think even my old Voodoo 3 was 1.5v. WTH would be 3.3?

Not all mobo manfacturers follwed the AGP spec and only supply a 5 volt supply. The 3.3 volt "connection" was never put on the motherboard.

Irony is that Intel I think it was made a chipset of violating the AGP spec, whcih they wrote. Something along these linesthough. Whoever was responsible for the AGP spec, made some mobo's without followign hte AGP spec. Laughable ...