AGP questions!!!

[JekyllSan]

Hi AnandTech users, this is my first time posting...

Well, my questions is.... If my motherboard only supports AGP 1x, can I use a newer card such as Geforce2 MX, which mostly supports 2x/4x AGP. I understand that if the motherboard supports up to 4x, it pretty much supports all kinds of AGP cards, but does this also works the other way around??

Thanks.

 

[sohcrates]

yep, you can use AGP 4x cards in a 1x slot, it will just run slower

 

[JekyllSan]

thanx for your help.. Well, I have a Soyo 7IZB+ motherboard, but I can't find the AGP type of this board, don't know if it's 1X or 2X, does anyone know about it? also, I have a Voodoo 3 3000, is that also 1x AGP or it's 2x? just curious...

Thanks

 

[Sundog]

Your mobo is a 1X AGP, goto the Soyo website. You board is listed there under support, I just looked at the manual for your board.

 

[Soccerman]

I think the Voodoo 3 series supported AGP 2x, though it didn't do AGP texturing (I'm not totally sure on this). the Voodoo 4/5 series on the other hand didn't support AGP 2x, becuase of the dual chip nature of the Voodoo 5..

 

[awsheat]

I would go with a Geforce 2 GTS(can get for as low as 120bucks) or maybe even a Geforce 3 Ti 200 (as low as 180)

Both will be limited slightly by the 1X bandwidth(probably around 10-20% performance decrease) but they will still run fast and be a nice upgrade

 

[sohcrates]

<< I would go with a Geforce 2 GTS(can get for as low as 120bucks) or maybe even a Geforce 3 Ti 200 (as low as 180) >>



you can also get a gf2 ti 200 for pretty cheap, with comparable speed to the gf2 ultra