It really comes down to the quality of the motherboard manufacturer.

If the board is a name-brand, it's highly likely to be fine. Any board that conforms to agp-pro should definitely qualify as being good enough.

I understand the quality aspect but still I would like to know the main thing if the fact that you can draw more power from agp pro slot would also apply to normal agp cards that the circuit they use also might be able to handle more power or if they are totally different circuits and the strict 25W limit of AGP still applies.

These motherboards are old and the components might not be in as good shape as they were when motherboard was new and I don't want to break anything.

GeForce 4 Ti does not have additional gold fingers for increased power draw. But if the board is in bad shape, it won't help you anyway.

The Serpent Rider wrote:

GeForce 4 Ti does not have additional gold fingers for increased power draw. But if the board is in bad shape, it won't help you anyway.

Unfortunately, you kind of missed the point of the question. I think I made the question bit confusing myself.
My question was about the motherboard power delivery. If the fact that agp pro probably needs bit more beefy components on the motherboard to deliver the extra power would also help with the power delivery for standard agp cards put in the slot or if the power delivery circuit on the motherboard for agp pro cards and normal agp cards are just completely separate?

and you missed my answer.

The motherboard will supply whatever the card will want. It doesn't get to decide. A well made motherboard will fully support the full AGP power spec with a bit to spare. Cheap boards will fold under the stress. A board with agp-pro will be designed with high power cards in mind, so are much more likely to deliver full power properly.

also, agp-pro is only a set of extra pins for extra power. Where does the motherboard get this power? Well every agp-pro board i've seen uses a 4-pin power connector right next to the agp slot.

luckybob wrote:

and you missed my answer.

The motherboard will supply whatever the card will want. It doesn't get to decide. A well made motherboard will fully support the full AGP power spec with a bit to spare. Cheap boards will fold under the stress. A board with agp-pro will be designed with high power cards in mind, so are much more likely to deliver full power properly.

also, agp-pro is only a set of extra pins for extra power. Where does the motherboard get this power? Well every agp-pro board i've seen uses a 4-pin power connector right next to the agp slot.

No 4 pin connector next to the agp alot but the 20 pin atx power connector is located next to the agp slot as you can see: http://hw-museum.cz/mb/46/asus-cuv4x

My point remains valid.

Thanks. I hope it will work. I also hope the card I am going to be getting isn't going to be the factory overclocked one because that would mean even more power draw.