use an old video card in new m/b

[gbfromsd]

Trying to find a home for my old AIW 8500 DV. This older card is an AGP 2.0 compliant card that runs at 4x at 1.5 volts.

New motherboards are AGP 3.0 compliant which is 8x at 0.87 volts. Some boards state they are 4x/8x while also AGP 3.0. Which M-ATX boards would be able to run this video card?

I tried an MSI K8MM-V which is 8x only and no good.

 

[Akifuddin]

Mobo section?

 

[The_Prophecy]

If a mobo allows for both AGP 8x and 4x cards and a 4x card is installed, it should automatically match the voltage to what the 4x spec says it should be.

 

[Mondoman]

I got an SG-80 (socket 775) as part of a bundle. It handles 4x/8x AGP, both parallel and serial IDE, support DDR (not DDR2) etc, and is dirt-cheap right now as it is pretty much on final closeouts. If you want something cheap that will allow you to reuse a fair number of your old components, it's worth a look.

 

[deweycd]

You have to be careful, installed a 4x AGP 2.0 compliant card in a 4X/8X compatible motherboard and it fried to board.