At 07:47 AM 6/15/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>Hugh,
>  I'm not the expert that these other guys are but in my current
>                                                          pc building venture,
>I have run into a conflict that I thought I might warn you of.
>  I also am looking to build a video editing system and started by buying the
>top dog (at the time) in video cards which was the ATI all-in-wonder 9800 pro.
>After also buying the top speed (also at the time) processor, an Intell P-4
>3.2 GHz, I find that apparently non of the boards with a chipset to support
>this particular P-4 chip (as well as P-4s a few steps down in speed) will
>support
>an AGP 2x 3.3v board which is what my 9800 pro is. They only support an 8x or
>4x 1.5v AGP card. Thankfully, ATI also offers a slightly cheaper board with
>similar capabilities (all-in-wonder 9600 xt) that operates at the acceptable
>voltage which I plan to try.

According to the ATI web site, the AIW 9800 Pro is an 8x/4x/2x compatible
AGP board. See..

http://www.ati.com/products/radeon9800/aiw9800pro/specs.html

It is true that you have to be careful with older AGP cards to make sure
they are compatible. The AGP slot is keyed to prevent you from plugging in
an incompatible card. But most modern AGP cards are at least 4x, and should
work with the modern motherboards.


Russ Poffenberger
Credence Systems Corp.
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