the difference between AGP and AGPX8

This is a video showing you why you should not put an AGP graphics card in an AGP x8 slot.
You should always be careful when you buy an AGP graphics card, not only have you got to know
If your computer has an AGP anyway because newer computer come with PCI express but you
Got to make sure you buy the right graphics card thats compatible with the AGP on your
Motherboard.

The AGP graphics card range is:

AGP (also known as "standard AGP")

AGP x4

AGP x8

An AGP (or standard AGP) graphics card goes in a AGP (or standard AGP slot only)

An AGP x4 graphics card can go in an AGP x4 or AGP x8 slot.

An AGP x8 goes in an AGP x8 slot only.

DISCLAIMER: IF YOU WISH TO COPY WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN IN THIS VIDEO YOU ARE DOING SO UNDER YOUR OWN RESPONSIBILITY AND AT YOUR OWN RISK I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER OR YOU!

Normally the computer has a sticker on the front displaying the basic specs or the booklet that
Comes with it should state the type of graphics port on the motherboard, if not and your are in
Any doubt I recommend you take your computer so a qualified technician or if the shop has
A technical service, have the shop do it.

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• AGP
• AGPX8
• x8
• graphics
• card
• slot
• motherboard
• mother
• board

[TheDman216]

Its mostly in the vid cards slot laylout..the slots determine the agp slot voltage that the can do..if its got 2 slots cut out then it should support 1.5v and 3.3v but not always

[viperfrank]

@TheDman216 Yeah, your right about that. I did another video shortly after this video on identifying the slot type, because I felt like I did miss this information form the video, so thank you for your input.

Thanks for your comment and feed back.

Nice One ; )

[jigilowman]

thank you have help me allot i was a lil confused about agp s agp 4x agp 8x

[viperfrank]

@jigilowman No problem, I'm glad the video was of some use.

Thanks for your comment and feedback.

nice one!!!

[MrOne3ye]

how do i know what slot type i have? all i know is that its a 8-10 year old pc

[viperfrank]

@MrOne3ye I did another video explaining this, here's the link:

/watch?v=JWW67dstwsA

hope this helped.

thanks for your comment.

nice one!!!

[TheDman216]

@viperfrank Thur my years of builds there are some universal slots too that arent slotted..those are the boards to watch out for people..because theres no dividers most ppl think the slot supports 1.5 and 3.3 but always chk the motherboard makers website for teh test report(almost always in the manual PDF) to make sure the motherboard been tested for the voltage or the card ya using.Love ya vids man,Subscribed!!

[TheDman216]

If ya uncertain and dont wanna take a chance on the agp slots..you can get a standard PCI slot vid card..problem solved

[theguyinthefunnyhat]

anti static wrist band? They're no fucking good. I installed a 6200 to get rid of my onboard graphics...and I never used an anti static wrist band. furthermore, the 6200 is a good card for older systems if your thinking of getting it. Trust this guy when he says you will damage the card and/or motherboard.

[AmstradExin]

Like Inserting a Geforce 5200 Ultra or MX 440 for AGP 8X into a Asus A7V (An early Athlon Socket A mainboard with AGP Pro 4x). The system might run fine. You may need to cut 2 traces of the Card's AGP connector, or just carefully put some tape onto the pins.

I know about this because i fixed alot of PC AGP cards to be fitted into a Pre-G5 Mac. You can actually force AGP 8X Cards to run as AGP 4X. No damage will be done. But ofcourse the card must fit. It needs two slits in the connector.

[AmstradExin]

I'm not sure how this is supposed to prove anything. You didn't show what mainboard model or what graphics cards you exactly used. You didn't change the mainboard to prove that the graphics cards ain't broken. I've done hundreds of repairs and Graphics cards changes and the only thing i observed was the following:

If you put in "certain" AGP 8X Cards into mainboards with no AGP 8X slot, the system might refuse to boot, or even worse, turn on while the graphics card is being inserted.

[Terrence51773]

I didn't get if you showed how to identify if we have and AGP standard or AGP 8