[lug] AGP 8x question (hardware Q)

[The Matt]

On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 15:24, The Matt wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-12-01 at 15:14, D. Stimits wrote:
> 
> It'll work.  AGP 3.0 says 8x cards and boards must support 4x.

OK, this may not be exactly true.  I think the card/board must be a
"Universal" for this to be true.  But, no manufacturer is making pure
8x/0.8V cards.  Luckily, if you did try to use one, AGP 3.0 makes the
card be tolerant of 1.5V.  So you can't torch an 8x/0.8V card in a 1.5V
slot (which might have been possible in the 3.3->1.5 days).

See:  http://www.ertyu.org/~steven_nikkel/agpcompatibility.html

Matt
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