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[ILUG] s3 video card and AGP 4x

[ILUG] s3 video card and AGP 4x

Vincent Cunniffe vincent at cunniffe.net
Thu Nov 2 12:40:08 GMT 2000


Dermot Gorman wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I am buying an S3 trio 3D 8MB AGP video card which has 2x support. However, my 
> motherboard supports AGP 4x, is this a problem or do i just need to reset AGP to 
> 2x mode in the bios set up or something.

It's backwardly compatible : any board supporting 4x will also support
the
1x and 2x modes.

You *might* have to limit it if the BIOS insists on forcing the card to
4x, 
but I doubt this will be a problem.

Vin




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