old 2x/4x card work on new Asus boards?

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Looked up my old all in wonder radeon on ati's web site. Will it work on
the new ASUS boards that say 8x or even 4x? I notice they list voltages
for the 8x .8/1.5 and 4x 1.5v but I can't see anything in the AIW
owner's manual regarding voltages.

I didn't want to buy a new video card and would like to keep the one I
have. I hope my old hard drives are compatible :) I knew I'd need new
ram/cpu/mb but didn't want to fork out anymore $

# RADEON™ graphics processing unit (GPU)
# 32 MB of memory
# PCI or AGP 4X/2X universal bus
# Flicker-free refresh rates up to 200Hz
# VESA DDC 1/2b/2b+ monitor support
# Full OpenGL® and Microsoft® DirectX® support
# WDM DirectShow® compliant
 
lucky said:
Looked up my old all in wonder radeon on ati's web site. Will it work on
the new ASUS boards that say 8x or even 4x? I notice they list voltages
for the 8x .8/1.5 and 4x 1.5v but I can't see anything in the AIW
owner's manual regarding voltages.

I didn't want to buy a new video card and would like to keep the one I
have. I hope my old hard drives are compatible :) I knew I'd need new
ram/cpu/mb but didn't want to fork out anymore $

# RADEON™ graphics processing unit (GPU)
# 32 MB of memory
# PCI or AGP 4X/2X universal bus
# Flicker-free refresh rates up to 200Hz
# VESA DDC 1/2b/2b+ monitor support
# Full OpenGL® and Microsoft® DirectX® support
# WDM DirectShow® compliant
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Which AIW are you using?
 
lucky said:
Looked up my old all in wonder radeon on ati's web site. Will it work on
the new ASUS boards that say 8x or even 4x? I notice they list voltages
for the 8x .8/1.5 and 4x 1.5v but I can't see anything in the AIW
owner's manual regarding voltages.

I didn't want to buy a new video card and would like to keep the one I
have. I hope my old hard drives are compatible :) I knew I'd need new
ram/cpu/mb but didn't want to fork out anymore $

# RADEON™ graphics processing unit (GPU)
# 32 MB of memory
# PCI or AGP 4X/2X universal bus
# Flicker-free refresh rates up to 200Hz
# VESA DDC 1/2b/2b+ monitor support
# Full OpenGL® and Microsoft® DirectX® support
# WDM DirectShow® compliant
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Check the card to see if it's keyed for 1.5 volts.

Connector edge of card should look something similar to this.


|_______|-|______|-|______|-|_|
| securing notch
| |
3.3 volt |
1.5 volt
If there is a notch halfway down the edge as shown it will use 1.5 volt.
 
mrgreg wrote:

Check the card to see if it's keyed for 1.5 volts.

Connector edge of card should look something similar to this.


|_______|-|______|-|______|-|_|
| securing notch
| |
3.3 volt |
1.5 volt
If there is a notch halfway down the edge as shown it will use 1.5 volt.
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http://www.ati.com/support/faq/agpchart.html

the card and slot I have looks like Figure D so I guess it's what you
call universal 2x4x in a 3.3 slot. Worked in my p3bf fine of course.
Would the voltage be on the card itself? I couldn't see any printing in
the position I was looking at it. The above web page shows radeon
listed as universal agp, 2.0, 3.3/1.5 signaling 2x/4x supprt. Since it's
universal 2x4x is it possible it's capable at running either at 1.5 or
3.3? Just want to make sure I'm not reading it wrong. For the $ I paid
for it, it should run both :)

Here is the manual for the board for reference.
http://www.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/slot1/440bx/p3b-f/p3bf-104.pdf
page 13 shows the pic of the board so I'd say it was a 3.3 volt 2x slot.

The manual for the all in wonder radeon is
http://www.ati.com/support/manualpd...iwPCproducts&submit.x=9&submit.y=5&submit=GO!
according to their website but I swear the hard copy at home listed the
128 and not the 8575 on the front cover. Oh well.

So after all that research it looks like as long as I picked a 4x agp
with 1.5 volts I will be able to use my AIW correct?

Thanks for your help.
 
So after all that research it looks like as long as I picked a 4x agp
with 1.5 volts I will be able to use my AIW correct?

Thanks for your help.
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Most newer motherboards only support 1.5 volts. A 4X card which supports
1.5 volt will run fine in a board which supports 4X or 8 speed.. If your
card supports 1.5 volts it will run in a current generation motherboard. You
should be safe as your AIW supports the 1.5 volt spec. if it only supported
3.3 volt you would not be able to use it.
 
For the record, my old agp board works fine on the p4p800 deluxe. Well,
at least for the first few days after Christmas
 
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