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Thorgon

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I am building a new PC soon and noticed some specs that have really confused me about the video card and the motherboard. I decided on a X800 Pro and looked at the specs, it lists the compatibility as "AGP 8X (0.8V), 4x(1.5V) or Universal AGP 3.0 bus configuration (4X/8X)." Since I had too much time on my hands, I also looked at the motherboard(Asus A8V Deluxe)specs and it lists the AGP slot as "1 x AGP 8X (1.5V only)"? Does this mean the motherboard would see this as a 4X AGP card since the voltage is not 1.5V as it says or is the card not truly compatible with the motherboard?
 

ChipDeath

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It means it's not AGP 1.0 (2x/ 3V) compatible, so you can't use a 2xAGP card in it. any 4x or 8x card will be fine. - although the advantages of 8x over 4x are virtually non-existant anyway.

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