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Old September 5th, 2004, 12:13 PM
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Question AGP SLOT help!

In my mobo I have an 4X agp slot in it. Im looking for a new video card and most of them say BUS: 4X/8X AGP slot. Could I use a AGP 8X card in a 4X slot and would the 4X/8X work also?

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8x is backwards compatible to work in a 4x slot. (almost always)
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check this site out and it will explain how it all works..
http://www.ertyu.org/~steven_nikkel/agpcompatibility.html

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Old September 29th, 2004, 08:12 PM
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same thing hapiend to me when i got my fx5200 it said the same thing but it jusr works at 4x but it is 8x compatible

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