how to tell the difference between AGP and AGP x1, x2, x4 and x8

this video is continuation of a video i did ages ago about what happens if you put the wrong AGP graphics card in the wrong AGP port.
well i showed you you shouldn't but i didn't show you how to tell the difference between the different cards.


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in the video i do mention pci express, more specifically what types there are.
now pci express is easier to work with because if you get say a pci express x16 card and put it in a pci express 8x port in most new mother
boards the 16x card will just work at the ports maximum bus speed so a 16x card will just work at 8x. and visa versa.


FAQ.

Q. can use a pci-e on an AGP mother board ( put it in the white slots )

A. no, not only will it not work it just physically wont fit.




Q. is there any AGP slot higher than 8x.

A. yes there is its an AGP pro slot and it is 16x but there very rare and very expensive.



Q. can you put a pci express card in an AGP slot i herd somewhere that you could.

A. no, different voltages, different pin configuration, difrerent size pins, spacer key is in the wrong place, over all just a different slot, wont fit.



Q. is there any other types of card you can get for an AGP slot like other than graphics cards.

A. not that i know of, there was a rumor about making an all in one graphics sound and Ethernet card to go in that slot but that never came about
its just no good for anything else its a graphics port and designed only to stream graphics data its not much use for anything else.


Q. iv seen a pci-e card that has HDMI that can stream video and audio to a HDTV does this mean that pci-e can run audio card as well.

A. only pci-e ports that are designed to cope with audio can stream audio like the pci-e x1 slots for creative cards, but the HDMI graphics card doesn't actually stream audio though the slot its self you have to plug a SPDIF cable into the card from the mother board and all the audio is streamed though there.

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[xxSNSDxxx]

can i ask.. my motherboard have slot AGP like 2.21 min...so can i use graphics card x8 ? because i have graphic card nvidia 6200 512mb x8 and pentium III 1.0 ghz

[viperfrank]

@xxSNSDxxx You should be fine with that card, but if your still un-sure let me know the model number for the mother board and I will see if I can get the specs for it.

Nice One ; )

[xxSNSDxxx]

@viperfrank my mother board model 694T-686B Bios brand:award software in ternational,inc vesion 6.00 PG date 10/23/2001....when i use graphic card nvidia 6200 512mb x8 agp then i check in my CPUID Graphic interface : AGP version 3.0

transfer rate 2x and max supported 2x but im use nvidia 6200 512mb x8 why can be like that

[viperfrank]

@xxSNSDxxx If its AGP version 3 than that would be X8 1.5 / 0.8 volts, that 2x bus speed doesn't check out, I think there might be a communication error between CPUID and your chip set.

If it is version 3 than that card would work as normal.

Nice One ; )

[vsmahankali]

My Motherboard is Mercury PI845Z and has a AGP but i dont know what x does it support and the CPU-Z which u told in the above video does not show even manufactures name and only shows the chipset manufacturer's name please help me

[viperfrank]

@vsmahankali That mother board is quite old, but I don't think its old enough to have a 3.3v slot so its going to be a 1.5v slot, judging by its age I would say its very likely to be 4x or 8x so aether would work. I think they did do a version of that motherboard with an AGP PRO slot but this one is not APG PRO.

hope this helped, and thanks for your comment.

nice one!!!

[crisislord00]

Well i have a problem my mainboard do have an agp slot but the software is not detecting it os i dunno what agp it is. But whe n i look inside my computer jsut below the port its written agp only.Btw its .15 v. What does that suppose to mean?

The computer docs is lost since long but i read that the agp is 8x.The main board is hp d530sff

[xxSNSDxxx]

@xxSNSDxxx that nvidia 6200 alway make my pc not working like to stick on need much restart haiys..but ty a lot

[xxSNSDxxx]

my nvidia syestem information Processor:(1000 MHz) Operating System:Windows XP, 32-bit (Service Pack 3) DirectX version:11.0 GPU processor:GeForce 6200 Driver version:259.19 Core clock:350 MHz Memory clock:532 MHz (1064 MHz data rate) Memory interface:64-bit Total available graphics memory: 576 MB Dedicated video memory:512 MB DDR2 System video memory:0 MB Shared system memory:64 MB Video BIOS version:5.44.A2.10.72 IRQ:5 Bus:AGP 2X