Agp X 1?

[chandr]

Hi,

I have a pc with a qdi brilliant x-1 motherboard and need a cheap basic new graphics card in it. I have looked at the manual for the mobo and it says:

AGP
· Complies with the A.G.P specification Rev 1.0
· Supports for +3.3V A.G.P -66/133 devices
· Synchronous complying to the host bus frequency.

I'm a little confused by this.

does this mean I can put in an agpx2, agpx4 or agpx8 card such as a radeon in this slot?

would I be better off just getting a cheap pci 64mb card instead?

many thanx

[glc]

You need a card that supports 1x/2x AGP and 3.3 volts. A good basic card would be a Radeon 7000 at around $35. I have an original Radeon LE in my Asus P2B-F board with the same BX chipset - and I have a customer with the same motherboard as you, and we have used an Intel i740 card and an original GeForce 256 card in it. We are getting ready to upgrade it to a GeForce 4 MX 440SE dual head card next week.

I'd recommend you flash the bios to 2.0SL if it's not already done, the older 1.x bios versions had some flaky issues.

[chandr]

Hi,

thanx for the reply.

The reason I am looking for a card is that I flashed the bios to 2.0sl and suddenly win98se would not install properly! So I installed 2000 and guess what? There are no drivers for win2k for an ati rage fury maxx!!
I've been looking at boards at my local shop but many of them just say (including radeons) AGP 2x/4x. If I ask the guys in the store they know even less than I know!!
ATI's site also just says agp 2x or agp4x nd doesn't say whether or not the card is compatible with agp1x.

many thanx

newbie in a panic!!

[glc]

http://www.ati.com/support/faq/agpchart.html

ANY of the Radeons listed that are "universal AGP" will work in that board. You are AGP "SPEC" 1.0 but that's a 2x slot, see example "D".