AGP card question

[RC Agent]

What's a 3.3 volt AGP card? Motherboard manual states not to insert a 3.3V APG card into the AGP slot.
Can I use the Matrox G200??

[Corran Horn]

ah, the joys of google

Signaling Voltages
There are three different voltage levels used for signaling on an AGP bus; 3.3Volts, 1.5Volts and more recently, with the AGP3.0 standard, 0.8Volts. It is important that you know which are supported by your motherboard and your graphics card. Get this wrong and your graphics card won't fit your motherboard or in the worst case scenario may actually damage your motherboard*.

To prevent an incompatible card from being inserted into a motherboard manufacturers use a system of 'keys' and 'notches'. A key is simply some material placed in the socket at a specific position. Unless the graphics card has a notch cut out of its edge connector of the correct size and position the key will prevent the card from being inserted properly.

It is also worth pointing out a general rule of thumb here; any Pentium 4 PC using an Intel motherboard based on the Intel i845 and i850 chipsets only supports 1.5Volt signaling. Therefore you can rule out any graphic cards which only support 3.3Volt signaling on these motherboards.

[Chrono_Wanderer]

no u cannot

[RC Agent]

Is that a 'yes' or a 'no' on the G200?

[Corran Horn]

Aren't there tech specs for the G200 on the Matrox homepage?

[ayoub_ibrahim]

I would have thought that since the G200 is an earlier card to the G400 then it will not work.

[Chrono_Wanderer]

Originally posted by RC Agent
Is that a 'yes' or a 'no' on the G200?

not on G200.

You can fry your mobo if you do so.

G200 only alllows 3.3V. New mobos need 1.5V

edit: What mobo is it?

[RC Agent]

Originally posted by Chrono_Wanderer
What mobo is it?

ASRock K7S8XE+

[Marshmallowman]

sis 748 chipsets are 4x and 8x only that means 1.5Volts.

So I would say , No it is not compatable with a g200.