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Roger Wilkerson

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Since: Oct 25, 2006
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:31 pm
Post subject: AGP 8X/4x Video card in an AGP 4X slot
Archived from groups: comp>sys>ibm>pc>hardware>video (more info?)
Is anyone running a newer 8x video card in an older motherboard with a
2-4x agp slot. The new card says it is 4-8x. I'm getting the run
around between ASUS and ATI

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Jeff Lebovski

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2006 9:32 am
Post subject: Re: AGP 8X/4x Video card in an AGP 4X slot [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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>Is anyone running a newer 8x video card in an older motherboard with a
>2-4x agp slot. The new card says it is 4-8x. I'm getting the run
>around between ASUS and ATI

I did it (Radeon 9800 pro), in my BIOS I had a setting to force AGP to
4X only (else it crashed in 8X). The card worked very well.

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