X1600 Pro AGP and motherboard AGP volt...

[Blerpa]

Hi everyone.

First poster here. 8)

My PC spec:

Asus A7 N8 x-x
AMD Barton 2800XP+ (*NOT* overclocked)
512mb PC3200 ram (mobo is only single channel)
Maxtor Diamond Plus 9 160GB EIDE Hdd
Maxtor ? ? ? 19GB EIDE Hdd
Geforce 4 MX440 64mb
Firewire PCI card
Modem 56k PCI card
PSU Q-Teq 400W

I ordered a cheap Sapphire Radeon X1600 Pro 256Mb AGP to replace the jurassic Geforce 4 mx.

Now two simple questions that I hope someone can answer:

1) Is the PSU going to be able to power up all the system with the new 3d card ?

2) I looked around the Asus website and found out that the AGP slot in the mobo is "1.5 Volts Only".

Is that a problem? Or it does not really matter?
I checked the X1600 series manual from the Ati website and it does not say anything about AGP slot volt requirements.

I thank in advance everyone that can help me, especially wth the second question, since buying a slighty bigger PSU is not a big problem but getting a 3d card I cannot use with the PC would be bad.

Blerpa

 

[Anoobis]

You're probably good with that PSU.

I think you're refering to the AGP 1.5 V specification. Older AGP boards were 3.0 V. 1.5V was the newer spec, and is the standard for AGPs today.

Your card will work with that board.

 

[Blerpa]

So, the mobo being 1.5v is just that it isn't retro-compatible with the older standard, eh?

Oh, thank you very much a lot for your answers.

I'm a little relieved. 😀

Now let's hope the card arrives in the shop soon :lol:

Blerpa