AGP slot and video card voltages

H

Hackworth

Do *any* of today's Pentium III/4 or Athlon XP/64 motherboards have
"universal" AGP slots that can accomodate older 3.3V graphics cards and not
just 1.5V cards?

I ask because I picked up a lot of six perfect Matrox G200 cards w/ 8MB (on
eBay) for a song. They would be perfect for those folks who just need a
basic business computer and who don't play 3D games. Am I stuck with using
them only to repair old Socket 7 systems, or do some newer motherboards
support 3.3V AGP cards?
 
K

KC Computers

Hackworth said:
Do *any* of today's Pentium III/4 or Athlon XP/64 motherboards have
"universal" AGP slots that can accomodate older 3.3V graphics cards and not
just 1.5V cards?

I ask because I picked up a lot of six perfect Matrox G200 cards w/ 8MB (on
eBay) for a song. They would be perfect for those folks who just need a
basic business computer and who don't play 3D games. Am I stuck with using
them only to repair old Socket 7 systems, or do some newer motherboards
support 3.3V AGP cards?

Some current motherboards have a universal AGP slot
and will work with older 3.3V cards. One such board is
the ECS K7S5A PRO Athlon/Duron model. We are a
dealer and can sell you one if you are interested.
 
S

Stevie Boy

I have an old Pentuim 2/3 Asus motherboard that allows 3.3V cards. However
the max rated cpu allowed via an Bios upgrade is (reportedly) 1ghz. The
board is a P2B-S

Steve
 
R

Ralph Wade Phillips

Howdy!

Hackworth said:
Do *any* of today's Pentium III/4 or Athlon XP/64 motherboards have
"universal" AGP slots that can accomodate older 3.3V graphics cards and not
just 1.5V cards?

Asrock M266A MicroATX P4 board. Does 3.3V AGP 2x boards (have a Rage
Pro All-In-Wonder in mine), although it has S3 video built in. NIC built
in, came with a CNR / AMR modem.

Cost me about 48USD, too.

Sound sucks - you can hear disk activity in the sound out and that's
even when you crank the volume all the way down (it's being induced after
the volume control). But that could be an artifact of using my old Koss
headset, too ...

Dunno about the current flavor, but my ECS K7S5A (non-Pro) also has
an AGP 2x card in it (identical Rage Pro All-In-Wonder). Sound DOESN'T have
HD activity bleed into it on that board <B-)
I ask because I picked up a lot of six perfect Matrox G200 cards w/ 8MB (on
eBay) for a song. They would be perfect for those folks who just need a
basic business computer and who don't play 3D games. Am I stuck with using
them only to repair old Socket 7 systems, or do some newer motherboards
support 3.3V AGP cards?

Some do.
 

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