Matrox tech support has informed me that the G450 will work fine in an AGP8X system.

Thank you for answers.

Alan Davis

On Sun, 2 Nov 2003 21:25:25 -0500
John Sproule <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> You should have no problem with an 4X AGP compliant video card in a 8X AGP
> motheroboard.  What won't work are those older 1X and 2X only AGP cards,
> which do require higher voltage than 1.5v.
>
> John
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan Davis" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 9:11 AM
> Subject: [PCBUILD] ASUS motherboard / legacy AGP compatibility : "1.5 V.
> ONLY"
>
>
> > Short question: Will a (not really new) Matrox G450 run ok on an
> > ASUS A7N8X-X or ASUS A7V8X-X motherboard with AGP 8 / 1.5 V only
> > specs?
> >
>
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