Radeon 9800 pro Question

[cjbeattie]

OK i wrote yesturday about a graphics card with 8x a radeon 9800 pro would run on a board with a 4x

my MOther board is a Columbia (GA-8SIML) Ver 1.0 µATX motherboard

and the card im after is a RADEON 9800PRO 128MB DDR POWERCOLOR 9800 PRO

I got some details of my motherboard and i have printed them below here so you guys (with a computer brain) can tell me if this card will run on my sys or not.. THe guys who is selling it says it only mentioned 8x on the box so god knows weather it will work or not...

here are the details... thanks for any help you can give me



Form Factor
µATX 24.4 x 22.9 cm Form Factor.
CPU Support
Socket MPGA 478B.
Supports Intel P4 FC-PGA2 (0.18 Micron, 256K cache, 400 MHz FSB), 1.4 to 2.4 GHz
Supports Intel P4 FC-PGA2 (0.13 Micron, 512K cache, 400 MHz FSB), 1.8 to 2.4 GHz
Supports Intel Celeron FC-PGA2 (0.18 Micron, 128K cache 400 MHz FSB) 1.9 GHz
100 MHz (x4 = 400 MHz) data bus support (Quad-Bumped technology).
System Memory
Supports 2 memory slots.
Serial Presence Detect (SPD) support.
Supports a maximum memory size of 1GB (using 2x512 MB memory modules).
Support only 2.5 V DIMM DDRAM configurations.
Unbuffered type support.
266 Mhz DDR interface.

Core Logic (Chipset)
The SiS 650 IGUI HMAC 3D Graphic SDR/DDR Chipset features
Processor Host/Bus support (400 MHz data transfer rate).
Supports DDR 266/200 SDRAM or PC 133/100 SDRAM.
AGTL+ & AGTL compliant bus driver auto compensation.
AGP V2.0 Compliant.
Supports Additional AGP4X/2X interface and Fast Write Transaction.


The SiS 961 MuTIOL Media I/O features


PCI rev 2.2 specification support.
Supports PCI bus at 33 MHz.
3 PCI bus masters slots (1 combo with CNR connector).
133 MB/s maximum throughput.


Integrated IDE controller supporting PIO Mode 4 transfers at up to 14 MB/s, Ultra ATA/33 mode transfers at up to 33 MB/s, and Ultra ATA/66 mode transfers up to 66 MB/s and Ultra ATA/100 mode transfers at up to 100 MB/s.

Two USB controllers, supporting wake-up from sleeping states S1-S4, and legacy mouse/keyboard software.
Note: There is support for 4 USB ports on the motherboard, all of which are active at the same time (so no need for a USB selection jumper). Two of the USB ports are on the back panel, and the onboard F_USB2 header can be connected to two USB ports.
AC'97 link for audio and telephony codecs (AC'97 2.2 interface).
SMBus interface.
I/O controller
WINBOND W83697HF I/O Controller with the following features:
PS/2 keyboard and mouse controller
Floppy disk controller supporting one FDD with 360 K, 720 K, 1.2 M and 1.44 MB
2 serial ports, both 16C550 Fast UART compatible
1 Parallel port supporting SPP (Standard Parallel Port), EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port), and ECP (Extended Capabilities Port) modes, and BPP (Bi-directional Printer port)
1 MIDI/game port
Hardware monitoring
Fan speed monitoring
Built-in case open detection circuit
Watchdog comparison of all monitored values
Audio Chipset
Integrated on the SigmaTel Technologies STAC9756T - audio codec
DirectSound AC'97 2.2 audio
Inputs and outputs: Stereo inputs for line-in, CD audio, mono inputs for microphone and TAD, MPU-401 (UART mode) interface for wavetable synthesisers and MIDI devices; integrated game port.
Mixer features: Mixer with stereo for line, CD audio, auxiliary, music synthesiser, digital audio (wave files), and mono for microphone and speakerphone
Features: 3D stereo enhancement for simulated surround, power management support
SPDIF output for PCM & AC3 sound formats
Ethernet Controller
RTL8100(L) PCI/Mini-PCI, Single-Chip Fast Ethernet Controller with Power Management, 10 Mbps 10 Base-T and 100 Mbps 100 Base-TX support
Conforms to IEEE802.3u 100 Base-TX and IEEE802.3x Full Duplex Flow Control.
10/100 Mbps Half/Full duplex operation and IEEE802.3u auto negotiation.
Supports Wake on LAN features.
Supports Wake on LAN features.
Remote Power On.
Remote Wake Up.
Advanced Configuration & Power Interface (ACPI) 2.0 & PCI Power Managment Specifications 2.0 compliant.
Supports Wake-On-LAN function and remote wake-up (Magic Packet)
The ethernet address, Vendor ID and Configuration register are stored in the EEPROM.
Compliant to PC99/PC2001 standard.
PCI 2.1 and PCI 2.2 compliant.
BIOS Specifications
AMI BIOS, including support for:
Plug and Play.
Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) 1.0
Advanced Power Management (APM) 1.2
Y2K
PC 2001
S3 mode
Desktop Management Interface (DMI).
2 Mbits flash device.
Language supported: English.
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[cjbeattie]

OK it says 8x but i just found this...

go here guys

http://www.vr-zone.com/reviews/Power...0Pro/page3.htm

and halfway down it mentions x4 so this means it runs with 4x too? lol

heres hoping!

C J BEATTIE

[Force Flow]

The slot and video card are backwards compatable.