Will the 9700PRO work in a mainboard with AGP 2.0?

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I can't seem to dig up a definite answer on this one. I've got an MSI K7T Turbo2 mainboard,
which conforms to the AGP 2.0 standard (1x, 2x, 4x), and I am wondering if an ATI Radeon 9700PRO
would be able to work in this board.

Thanks for any light you can shed on this for me,

Jon
 
dmac said:
yes
2.0 is voltage if I remember right

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Dave M
Etna, Maine USA
Radeon 9800Pro 256mb
P4 2.8 oc to 3.1


K7T
Turbo2 mainboard, if
an ATI Radeon 9700PRO
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Most modern boards can autodetect the AGP voltage so you can use any recent
graphics card - (inc 9700) - dont know your mobo - check your mobo spec to
ensure it autodetects.

HTH, Shawk
 
I ran a 9700 Pro on an Abit KT7A for more than a year without problem. It
ran at 4X instead of 8X, but it worked just fine.
 
Jon Danniken said:
I can't seem to dig up a definite answer on this one. I've got an MSI K7T Turbo2 mainboard,
which conforms to the AGP 2.0 standard (1x, 2x, 4x), and I am wondering if an ATI Radeon 9700PRO
would be able to work in this board.
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I've read of tests done with the 9700Pro placed in P2 machines with AGP 1.0
(1x/2x) slots and it worked fine. I have a 9800np running in a P4 mobo
(845PE chipset) with AGP 2.0 slot, running at 4x no problems.
 
Thanks, Skid, and Shiranui for your responses. Looks like I'll be sending this one back to
Newegg as a dud.

Jon
 
Thu said:
Thanks Bill, although from the first site it looks like it should work, the second site says
that it won't. Now I'm even more confused than ever.
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the whole AGP 1.0 vs. 2.0 vs. 3.0 is extremely confusing. :(

i don't fully trust the info in the 2nd site, but included
it coz it has impressed me as useful info

sorry that i didn't say that to start with

fwiw, i think the info on the ATI site is 100% accurate

i can add that i have no clue about your motherboard,
but afaik so long as your mobo has a legit AGP slot,
then the ATI 9700 (pro or non pro) appears to me
to cover all the bases

that likely includes the 9700 clone boards (like
Sapphire) also, but i wouldn't bet my life on that

easiest way to find them is www.pricewatch.com
and search on: 9700 video

given that your mobo really does have AGP 2.0,
another option would be to buy an nVidia board
that has AGP 2.0

one possibility being the 5900 coz the move to
the 5950 has caused some vendors to start doing
big time price drops on the 5900. problem is
i don't know if the 5900 has AGP 2.0 functionality.
anyhow, i crossposted this, so maybe someone
will give some accurate info on the 5900

i recently looked at specs for the 5700 and
that one appeared to have AGP 2.0 capability

bill
 
In Australia its 500 bucks the cheapest.


the whole AGP 1.0 vs. 2.0 vs. 3.0 is extremely confusing. :(

i don't fully trust the info in the 2nd site, but included
it coz it has impressed me as useful info

sorry that i didn't say that to start with

fwiw, i think the info on the ATI site is 100% accurate

i can add that i have no clue about your motherboard,
but afaik so long as your mobo has a legit AGP slot,
then the ATI 9700 (pro or non pro) appears to me
to cover all the bases

that likely includes the 9700 clone boards (like
Sapphire) also, but i wouldn't bet my life on that

easiest way to find them is www.pricewatch.com
and search on: 9700 video

given that your mobo really does have AGP 2.0,
another option would be to buy an nVidia board
that has AGP 2.0

one possibility being the 5900 coz the move to
the 5950 has caused some vendors to start doing
big time price drops on the 5900. problem is
i don't know if the 5900 has AGP 2.0 functionality.
anyhow, i crossposted this, so maybe someone
will give some accurate info on the 5900

i recently looked at specs for the 5700 and
that one appeared to have AGP 2.0 capability

bill
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Jon Danniken said:
I can't seem to dig up a definite answer on this one. I've got an MSI K7T Turbo2 mainboard,
which conforms to the AGP 2.0 standard (1x, 2x, 4x), and I am wondering if an ATI Radeon 9700PRO
would be able to work in this board.

Thanks for any light you can shed on this for me,

Jon
sure will work(works on my msi k7t lite/athlon1ghz/512mb sdram for about 8
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months)
recomend omega drivers http://www.driverheaven.net/downloads/index4.htm and
xpsp1
you only get 4*agp but all games works(not on high resolutions) call of
duty,colin3...
 
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