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Will GeForce 6800 AGP work on 4x slot?

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First post, by Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman

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My mobo is Soyo SY845PE ISA, which only has 4x AGP slot (1.5v). Will GeForce 6800 AGP work on my mobo?

From what I read, an XFX 6800 has AGP 4x / 8x interface, which means it should work on 4x slot (or shouldn't it?). However, a friend of mine said that each vendor could have different implementations of AGP. BFG, for example, has 4x / 8x AGP, while PNY only has 8x AGP.

While it's quite hard to believe (after all, they're both 6800GT, ain't they?), is such thing true? Will it limit my selection of 6800GT?

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Reply 1 of 9, by Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman

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Ghetto edit: my other alternative are either using a full 8x AGP motherboard (like Malik's ASRock 775i65G), or get a PCIe mobo. But then I'll wonder what should I do with these 845PE ISA mobos. 😖

Last edited by Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman on 2009-11-04, 05:57. Edited 1 time in total.

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Reply 2 of 9, by prophase_j

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As long as your card says it supports 4x, you should be fine. I used a 7600gt in a 4x slot for over a year.

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Reply 3 of 9, by Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman

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prophase_j wrote:

As long as your card says it supports 4x, you should be fine. I used a 7600gt in a 4x slot for over a year.

But is that true that certain vendors support 4x slot, while other vendors do not, despite the same GPU?

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Reply 4 of 9, by prophase_j

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I suppose that is possible, although I'm familiar with any such cases.

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Reply 6 of 9, by Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman

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AGP compatibility for sticklers wrote:

Check my sig for a link with some good AGP info.

Thanks, swayee. According to the website:

AGP compatibility for sticklers wrote:

NVIDIA GeForce 6800: Universal 1.5V AGP 3.0 Card

and

AGP compatibility for sticklers wrote:

Intel 845: AGP 1.5V Motherboard

But still...

swaaye wrote:

I have heard of some boards made with a universal connector that aren't actually universal at all.

So there's a risk that there is a non-universal, non-1.5V, "AGP 3.0-only" 6800GT card? Which vendor is the "safest", then? How about PNY?

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Reply 7 of 9, by swaaye

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The 6800 should work fine in the 845. What you can't run is a 1/2x card as they expect the old 3.3v signal.

If you run across a universally slotted ATI Rage Pro, Voodoo3, or Matrox G200, for example, be very suspicious. 😁

Reply 8 of 9, by Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman

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swaaye wrote:

The 6800 should work fine in the 845. What you can't run is a 1/2x card as they expect the old 3.3v signal.

If you run across a universally slotted ATI Rage Pro, Voodoo3, or Matrox G200, for example, be very suspicious. 😁

I see, glad to hear that. 😀

By the way, this thread was just made yesterday, and now it already shows up on Google search. Whoa.

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Reply 9 of 9, by prophase_j

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I had understood that you can use the 7k series GPUs with win98. I didn't get a chance to try it myself since my 7600gt has died.

http://www.gameboomers.com/forum/ubbthreads.p … t&Number=223033

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