8x AGP on old slots

Hi,
is there someone who can tell me if I can install a 8x AGP  video card on a Asus P5A-B motherboard? The motherboard's slot should be a 2x AGP. I know it seems strange but since I need a video card now and  I am going to change the motherboard and the CPU soon, I would like to buy a video card that I will be able to use after.
Thanks.

if its a 1.5v slot, u can do that.

Similar Messages

  • No Boot with AGP Card in Slot - 865 PE Neo2

    I have tried absolutely everything.
    My system will not power up when I have an AGP card in the AGP Slot.  I have tried 3 different AGP 8x video cards.  All with the same result -- the system fails to power up at all.
    When I take the card out of the AGP slot and just power up -- everything seems to go smoothly. (not that I would know since i can't see anything)  However, atleast it powers up.
    This Mobo doesn't have built in video.
    And I've never had one successful "power up" with a card in the AGP slot.
    Any suggestions or help?
    I'd greatly appreciate it.
    Justin

    Hmmm...I've posted my own message but...after reading this...I'm having the EXACT same problem. I cannot get the system to boot with any VGA card installed. If I take the card out, it boots but beeps 8 times when it gets to the video card part of the boot phase. Then it stops at some later phase (I believe the keyboard section). System specs are as follows...
    Intel P4 Northwood 1.8Ghz
    Gainward Powerpack Ultra 760TV/DVI (GeforceFX 5600 8X AGP)
    765PE Neo2 (like this guy above) MB
    PSU is a "DURO 400W Max"
    I don't know how to obtain other information you have asked for, such as "combined wattage". I can give you the amp ratings for the various voltages listed on the PSU...
    +3.3V 28A
    +5V   30A
    +12V  11A
    -5V   .5A
    -12V  .8A
    +5VSB  3A
    This was in a generic case we just got becuase the PSU was bad in the old one and my roommate seemed to think the button on the front of the old case could have been causing me trouble (?). Now if you are going to tell me the PSU is junk then you need to do a few things. First explain why. Tell me how to obtain the "combined watts" information and how knowing it is useful, and what it needs to be to support a system like this. Give your recommendations on reasonably priced PSUs that would provide enough power to run this system.
    If a PSU can have so much to do with preventing a system from starting, why don't MOBO and VGA Card makers list more specific requirements for PSUs than "System needs at least a 300W PSU"?
    I've been having problems getting a system running for months now, every since my original system shutdown one day and never started again. Since then I've been through  MOBOs 2 CPUs and 2 PSUs. This is the closest I've gotten, with the system starting but the bracket lights freezing at Video Card Initalizing.

  • GeForce FX5200 in a 1.5v AGP 2/4x slot?

    I have read on these forums that the MSI GeForce FX5200 TDR128 will work in 2/4/8x AGP slots, but I am wondering if it will work in a motherboard that only allows 1.5v cards?  My board is an Intel D850GB and I currently have a GeForce2 Ultra and really need to get a DirectX 9 card.
    I haven't been able to find anywhere on either the MSI site or the NVidia site what voltage the FX5200 is.
    Thanks for any information.

    knytphal,
    The i850 is a 4X AGP. It will work with 4X.
    Take Care,
    Richard

  • KT4 ultra Agp 3.0 slots compliance with agp 2.0 graphics cards

    Ive just bought a KT4 Ultra motherboard and am now looking for a graphics card. What i want to know is what its compliance is like with graphics cards that are agp 2.0 (2x 4x). ive heard different views from web pages some that agp 3.0 is fully backward compliant with 2.0 and others the opposite, whats the score with the KT4 Ultra board, what cards do people know it works fine with. Im looking in the range of GF4 Ti 4200 - 4600. Any info, help or reccomendations on good cards would be appreciated
    thanx

    any of those cards will work

  • Which card for AGP 1.0 (2x/4x)?

    Eventually I'll build a new system but today I'll be installing a PowerLeap 1.4ghz upgrade kit into my MSI BXMaster (Intel BX chipset) mb to breath a little more life into the aging 850 mhz cpu. I'm now looking for a suitable graphics card to replace the Asus GeForce 256 DDR to keep it limping along for another year. However, it appears this mb is limited to the AGP 1.0 and all the graphics cards I've researched are calling for an AGP 2.0 slot. What is the difference between AGP 1.0 and AGP 2.0 and are there any boards still able to run on AGP 1.0 that are better than the GeForce 256?

    Quote
    Originally posted by frenchy2k1
    And just for info, what overdrive/upgrade do you plan to put in your BX?
    Yesterday I installed a PowerLeap ($160 US) 1.4ghz Tualatin Celeron with 256k running at processor speed. This is basically the original Intel P3 Coppermine with 100mhz FSB but I think it is .13u instead of the older .18u. It was a breeze to install, literally plug and play. The only caveat is that when booting, the MB complained that the hardware was wrong. However, it did report the proper bus speed and cpu speed and the instructions in the upgrade kit warned of this since the latest bios for this board is now over 3 yrs old and the old bios doesn't know about this processor speed. SiSoftware Sandra is now reporting cpu performance of Integer:7374 and Floating Point of 9258 which (according to SiSoftware Sandra) is faster than a pentium 4 1.6ghz (6356/7920) by a wide margin. If only it had AGP 2.0!

  • MSI MX440-T8X AGP compatibility

    Hi, I was wondering if MSI MX440-T8X would work on an old agp 1.0 slot, i know 4x cards should (though not sure), but this one is 4x/8x. Thanks you a lot

    It could work 4x without 8x.

  • Why no PCI Slots 1 & 5 ? ?

    A common thread throughout this board is to tell users not to use PCI slots 1 or 5.
    I find this perplexing - whats the point of MSI building mobos with 5 slots and then you telling us not to use 2 of them?
    Can anybody from MSI give me a good and coherent reason as to why this practise exists and why isn't something done about it to make all 5 slots usable? I just hate paying out for something that is only partly functional!
    David Butler

    Quote
    Originally posted by DaveB Can anybody from MSI give me a good and coherent reason as to why this practise exists and why isn't something done about it to make all 5 slots usable
    I don't work for MSI, and no one here does, but I'll offer you what is obvious.
    The practice exist because IRQ sharing is as inevitable as death taxes and most people just don't believe it.  AGP and PCI-1 share an IRQ on virtually all boards..  Slots 2 and 5 usually share an IRQ as well.  Most people therefore hold that slots 2, 3, and 4 are the only ones to use.  
    The great flaw in that line of reasoning is that on-board periphs also share IRQs with PCI slots.  On my Ultra ARU, the NEC USB 2.0 controller shares with slot 3, and on-board RAID shares with slot 4.  So like it or not, and no matter what anyone else says, IRQ sharing is taking place no matter what slot combinations are used.
    Another GREAT myth is that all 5 (or 6) slots can't be used together.  That's bull.  Just install windoze with only AGP occupying a slot.  Then fill the other slots and load their drivers ONE AT A TIME.  I have never had a problem filling every slot on the board doing it that way.  My only recommendation is to noy put anything in PCI-1 that makes heavy use of the PCI bus.
    Every board I've had for years has used at least 5 slots and I've never had a problem with any of them.  Two of the cards I use are very specialized and place far greater demands on PCI bus time than anything a typical PC owner even knows exists.  Still, no problem.  Just think about bus cycle time (how busy the card is) and you'll see that one of the big parts of making it work is to never have two "busy" cards sharing an IRQ.
     A busy card and a lazy card make the best couples.

  • AGP Voltage @ 8x

    Hi
    I have query regarding the voltage that my GeForce FX5200 AGP card should be set to in the BIOS.  
    The 'spec' for the 875P AGP 3.0 slot states:
    "AGP slot supports 8x/4x at 0.8v (AGP 3.0) or 4x at 1.5v (3.3v is not supported)"
    Now according to CPU-Z, my FX5200 is running at 8x and my voltage setting is 1.65v, but shouldn't it be set to 0.8v for 8x?  
    (Come to think of it, I don't think the AGP voltage goes as low as 0.8v because I bleive the minimum voltage is 1.55)?
    Maybe I'm not reading this correctly but I don't want to damage my board or AGP card, so I'd rather check it out with you guys.
    Regards
    Brave01Heart

    No 1.55 is Fine ...As that is what MSI chose to use as the AGP Default......Some people run it at 1.6, But as most people don't realize that these newer generation Vid Cards get 90% of thier operating power from the +12V line (of the 4 pin Molex connector)....And even if you dont have a four pin molex, the only thing that you are doing is heating up your MCH (north bridge) with the the extra juice if you run it more then 1.5 Volts .....Sean REILLY875

  • FX5200 AGP version

    Hi
    I have buy a MSI FX5200 TD128 MS-8911
    and I want to know if the card could work with AGP 2X and 3.3v
    could she??
    sorry for my english isn't my native language

    All Geforce FX GPUs come with AGP 8X and they are NOT expected to run on AGP 1.0 slots because of different voltages used. Even if it works, it may be unstable. However, using AGP 8X cards on 4X AGP slots doesn`t have any problems.
    It`s not the AGP speed the problem, it is the voltages used...
    But changing from AGP 4X to 8X has 3% performance increase, so don`t worry about speed.
    Anyway, you could damage your card on a AGP 2X (1.0). In this case, buy a Geforce4 MX or Ti GPU  

  • FX5200 AGP clarification

    Hello. I have recently purchased a MSI FX5200 128 MB DDR graphics card- my first AGP card surprisingly. The card doesnt work. In fact, its not even detected by the bios.
    My motherboard uses the AGP 1.0 spec (66Mhz and 133Mhz) at 3.3v only. From my reading, i was informed that an AGP 3.0  spec 8x card would be downward campatible to AGP 1.0. This doesnt seem to be the case with my card. Am i right to assume that when these comments are made, what people are actually saying is that a mobo that supports AGP 3.0 can be downgraded or auto-switched, if need be, to an AGP 1.0 or 2.0 spec, but not for a 8x card to auto-switch to 1x or 2x?
    I've been looking through this forum and on the web and i keep getting conflicting info on the topic of AGP voltage levels and compatibility with older mobos. Some say 8x cards work in 2x slots and some say not. Some say the older mobos need to also support 1.5v, but that doesnt seem to make sense as AGP 1.0 only operates on 3.3v and at the time, 1.5v slots werent manufactured- dont think so at least!
    I'm assuming that an AGP 1x/2x card would be my best bet- short of replacing my mobo. Does anyone have any suggestions on which one i should purchase?
    PC specs:
    mobo:GA-7IXE4 (bios version F9)
    graphics: MSI FX5200 128 MB DDR (currently using riva tnt2)
    256MB SDRAM 133MHz
    I know that with my PC's bus speed i cant get the best out of the FX card, but i plan to upgrade the mobo later in the year- and this card is supported for a game (CMR3) i want to get! Is there anyway to get it to work on my board?
    thanks in advance

    All Geforce FX GPUs come with AGP 8X and they are NOT expected to run on AGP 1.0 slots because of different voltages used. Even if it works, it may be unstable. However, using AGP 8X cards on 4X AGP slots doesn`t have any problems.
    It`s not the AGP speed the problem, it is the voltages used...
    But changing from AGP 4X to 8X has 3% performance increase, so don`t worry about speed.
    Anyway, you could damage your card on a AGP 2X (1.0). In this case, buy a Geforce4 MX or Ti GPU  

  • AGP and PCIe

    I'm about to upgrade my system I have ATI X800 XT AGP 8x graphic card but I want to get a PCIe motherboard.
    There was a motherboard which had both AGP and PCIe slots on it but that motherboard was for Intel. Since I want to get AMD 64 3500 I can't buy it. So my question is. Are there motherboards coming out for AMD which have both AGP and PCIe slots anytime soon?

    Quote from: Wonkanoby on 13-February-05, 01:06:24
    http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=642
    mind you the agp slots a funny thing its not full agpx 8
     One AGR (Advance Graphics Riser) slot for compatible AGP VGA cards
    That web page include a link to "compatible" cards. That table shows AGPx8 cards tested. Does that mean the cards are AGPx8 or that they have been tested at AGPx8?

  • 8X AGP Card (FX5700) on KM2M Combo Motherboard (VIA KM266 Chipset)?

    I have got a MSI KM2M Combo with a VIA KM266 Chipset based motherboard [Model No: MS-6738 (v1.X) Micro ATX Mainboard].
    What is the voltage of the AGP 2.0 slot in the above mentioned motherboard?
    Can I run an 8X Agp card (Nvidea GeForce FX5700) without any problem?

    Quote
    Originally posted by andysmith45
    So, it will run without any stability issues and without getting defective? I have got a 300W SMPS. Is this supply enough?
    This is not enough PSU for that VGA card
    Quote
    Frontech 300 Watts SMPS (3.3V 14A; 5V 30A; 12V 12A)
    Needs to have at least 25A @ 3.3V, and over 18A @ 12V to be on the safe side.
    Otherwise, there should be no problems running that VGA card.

  • Can slot drive load mini-CD (80mm)?

    I'm looking forward to get my new iMac soon. But I have loads of old mini CDs with 80mm diameter, and would like to know if they will work with the slot drive on iMac.
    I've heard from somewhere that it will not work, but from my previous experience with some old CRT iMac with slot drive, as long as the disk is not irregular (i.e. still circular not those rectangular business card type), the old slot drive will take the disk in and read just like normal CD. Has any one tried to use those disks and encountered any problem with the new slot drive?
    Thanks in advance!

    Found the following at Apple Support:
    "Warning: Inserting a nonstandard-sized or -shaped disc into a drive that is not designed to accommodate it may damage the drive. Some slot-loading drives may be able to accomodate 80 mm round discs, but their use is not supported and any damage caused will not be covered under your Apple warranty or applicable extended service contract."
    Since your iMac is brand new, I'd advise extreme caution proceeding against Apple's advice.

  • Strange boot problems with my old iMac G3

    Hello! I just bought an old slot-loading iMac G3 about 2 or 3 months ago, with Mac OS 9.2.2 (just recently installed Mac OS 10.2 on it), a 6 GB hard disk, and 128 MB of RAM. After I installed OS 10.2 on it (the installation was rather slow, though it went smoothly), it started acting rather strange. I restarted the machine after the install of the new OS, it showed the gray Apple logo in the center of the screen, and then, a strip of white appeared across the screen horizontally, with many black lines appearing in the white strip vertically. After this incident, I called an Apple Store near me. I told them this, and they suggested that the video card was going bad. I told them that the screen worked perfectly when I booted from the CD, so they said that that wasn't it. I told them that the hard drive was making weird noises when I tried to boot, so they said I might have to get a new hard drive for it. Does anybody think that this is the problem? I do, primarily because it is an 11-year-old machine. If anybody thinks so, tell me. Oh, and if you know where I can get one cheap (an IDE one), please let me know that, too. Thanks!

    If you do not have any OS 9.2 or earlier old Apple applications, you won't
    need that OS installed into the computer; now that you have confirmed a
    correct Firmware Update has been installed into the computer already.
    Oh, by doing the 'erase & install' the previous OS 9 install would be wiped;
    as would be the important (for OS 9 boot) OS 9 Drivers. The drivers are
    usually available in install options from the OS X install disc, in initial setup.
    Sorry, I no longer have an install disc for any full version of OS 9.2 anymore;
    and mistakenly gave a nice one away with a complete computer deal to a
    friend's buddy, for a fantastic price. Although they haven't used it, it is not
    available to get it back either! Such is the luck of being nice to the clueless.
    The older OS 9.2 full installer would allow new installs and then the last step
    would probably be a download to make the final grade of 9.2.2. Somewhere
    I have a special OS 8.6 full install tech disc; that's good for older beige Macs.
    An 'erase and install' probably would be adequate to install another working
    system; sometimes, it is best to use the disk utility on the booted OS X install
    disc and see if there is an option there to secure-erase or overwrite the drive
    with zeros. That may may not have been available in Jaguar 10.2. - I forget.
    {The update steps for Jaguar 10.2 to 10.2.8 and whatever other updates are
    there at the Support web site downloads page; or if you have an internet
    access, the Software Update in the system should find them for you. There
    may (or may not) be newer Flash player versions, and maybe a few OK
    browsers still available for download which could work OK in Jaguar. Most
    of those won't work well even in Panther 10.3.9. They do have older version
    browsers in the browser home pages, and should list what they work with.}
    If the hard disk drive is making odd noises, you probably should replace it with
    a new ATA/IDE (PATA) type of drive; within specs to match what the iMac G3
    supports; since a noise means something mechanical is wearing out. They can
    also wear out and not make a clicking or grinding noise. A tiny whirl and a bit
    of read/write noise, barely audible, would be the better sound. The iMac G3 has
    no fans, so when it is correctly running and healthy, only the optical drive and
    an occasional very slight to no noise, would be normal.
    Other World Computing may have a replacement hard disk drive; they have a
    fair degree of parts for a variety of Mac computer models, including RAM. To
    get into the computer may require some take-apart skills, to replace parts or
    upgrade a drive; or replace the clock battery.
    Perhaps one of the techie users in this forum can suggest something else to
    check or do with the computer, if they happen across this thread. I'm not sure
    what else to suggest at this point. A newer OS X version would be better, too.
    Good luck & happy computing!
    {edited}

  • PowerMac G5 to 37" LCD TV

    I'd like to put my old PowerMac G5 to use as a home entertainment center PC. The video card is an ATI Radeon. Here are the specs:
    Video Card specs:
    System Requirements
    Power Mac G5 (card occupies AGP PRO 8X slot)
    512MB of system memory
    Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
    DVD playback requires DVD drive 

Visual Processor:
    Radeon X800 XT GPU 

Memory Configuration:
    256MB GDDR3 MEMORY 

Operating Systems Support:
    Mac OS X 10.3.6 and later
    Product Specs 
Connectors and adapters:
    Dual Integrated 10-bit per channel 400MHz DACs
    Integrated 165MHz TMDS transmitter (DVI compliant)
    On-Board Dual Link TMDS transmitter (High Resolution DVI compliant)
    Integrated TV-Out supports up to 1024x768 resolution* 

Supported Display Devices:
    Dual Link DVI port
    ADC port 

Analog monitor display modes: 
Resolutions, and maximum refresh rates (Hz) in 256, 65K or 16.7M colors 

Resolution:
    640 x 480  200Hz
    720 x 480  200Hz
    800 x 600  200Hz
    832 x 624  75Hz
    1024 x 768  200Hz
    1152 x 864  200Hz
    1152 x 870  75Hz
    1280 x 960  200Hz
    1280 x 1024  150Hz
    1600 x 900  150Hz
    1600 x 1024  150Hz
    1600 x 1200  120Hz
    1792 x 1344  75Hz
    1856 x 1392  75Hz
    1920 x 1080  120Hz
    1920 x 1200  100Hz
    1920 x 1440  90Hz
    2048 x 1152  100Hz
    2048 x 1280  100Hz
    2048 x 1536  85Hz
    The TV is an Olevia model 537. It has an HDMI in port, VGA/component and Left and Right audio in ports. It also has an S232C port. I don't know if that's an input or output port– it's between the HDTC video inputs and the audio outputs, right next to the firmware upgrade port, which looks like it's a firewire port.
    In addition to wanting to know if it's possible to make the connection to the TV, I'd like to know what sort of internet content I'll have available– I noticed that both Netflix and Boxee software requires an Intel based Mac, so what else is available that will work on a non-Intel Mac?

    The zig zag lines and random colors would indicate that you have the 3 component RCA jacks mixed up; are they color coded?
    Sometimes there are different labels for component cables on different pieces of gear that make it a bit confusing to connect them correctly; if the mac recognizes the TV, I would suspect the RCA ends are not correctly connected.

Maybe you are looking for