Graphics AGB riser card support?

Galls · 23 Oct 2003

I need a riser card for my up and coming mod but I am not sure if this riser card http://www.mycableshop.com/sku/JM109.htm can support the latest graphic cards such as the 9800 AIW card I will be using?

micb · 23 Oct 2003

Nope, It won't work.

That is a original AGP x1 slot you have there, there has been multiple revisions of AGP that have changed speed and voltage.

To see the up-to-date information on AGP connectors see below.

The three AGP connectors above represent the different types of connectors that are available on AGP boards past and present.

The top AGP connector (from a Voodoo 5 5500) is a 3.3V AGP2X connector only - this is an early type of AGP connector that requires a 3.3V supply from the motherboard, most newer motherboards (since the introduction of the Pentium 4) do not supply 3.3V and graphics boards with these connectors are actually physically not able to fit in such motherboards.

The middle image is a 'universal' AGP connector and is most common at present. The Universal connector has the notch for 3.3V AGP motherboard slots, and also one for 1.5V (required for AGP4X operation). This particular one (from a GeForce FX 5600) is also compatible with AGP8X. This will fit in all AGP motherboards at present.

The bottom image is from the Radeon 9600. As we can see the first notch here is filled in, meaning that this will not fit into motherboards that only have a 3.3V supply through the AGP socket, hence this is only compatible with AGP4X and AGP8X motherboards.
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http://www.beyond3d.com/reviews/ati/rv350/index.php?p=3

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