AGP graphics card question p- pls help

[gfrape]

Hi - probably a simple question with a simple answer but - i've just upgraded my mobo and am using an existing 32mb PCI slot gfz card. I want to upgrade to a ATI Radeon 9800 pro APG x8. My mobo instruction warn me never to us x2 (3.3v) or x4 that defaults to 3.3v as this will fry the intel chip sets. Can i just plug in an x8 AGP (0.8v) card like the one above and go? Thanks for any tips.

 

[GavinO]

The key is to look at the speeds supported by the motherboard. If the speed of the mobo and the speed of the card (quoted speeds, that is) are within a step or so of each other (1,2,4,8x) it will probably work. Generally motherboards and cards support automatic switching between the voltages for certain ranges of card speed.

 

[gfrape]

Thanks....just found out that the motherboard AGP slot is 4x, so i guess that this will work - heres hoping. Ta.