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

[lucky]

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

 

[SpongeBob]

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

Which AIW are you using?

 

[mrgreg]

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

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.

 

[Ed]

http://www.ati.com/support/faq/agpchart.html

 

[lucky]

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.

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.

 

[mrgreg]

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.

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.

 

[lucky]

For the record, my old agp board works fine on the p4p800 deluxe. Well,
at least for the first few days after Christmas