voodoo 5500 agp wont fit into agp slot!

[deathstar13]

here is a pic
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2765442998&category=40157

the slots dont line with my nf7-s and unless i use a saw and cut a groove out of my mobo its isnt gonna go in.
card was sold as an agp,and says agp on the pcb.

is there something im missing here?

[99'erForever]

I'm sorry but you cannot use that card with an 8x agp motherboard. Agp 3.0 or 8x cannot support a agp 2x card because 2x cards run at 3.3v while 4x run at 1.5 and 8x runs at .8v. As for the L shaped tab on end of the connector that is for an agp lock mechanism.

[deathstar13]

well ill be damned! been an ocer for a few years now and into pc's for a while longer and never knew that.

hmmm now i own 2 voodoo 5500 agp cards i cant use :(

hmm i bought em for looks mostley anyhow.guess ill be looking at em on my desk and not in the rig.

ty for that info,nice learning new stuff!

[Sony]

You should be able to use it. I have a Voodoo 5 5500 AGP and it fits in my 4x motherboard just fine. 8x AGP is backwards compatible I do believe with 4x/2x/1x or it should be it has nothing to do with the voltages. The voltages are the same with all of them it's the bandwidth that is different.

[CamH]

AGP 1 and 2x are 3.3V, AGP 4x is 1.5v, and AGP 8x is .8v.

[Sony]

Ok I stand corrected but it still should be backwards compatible.

[CamH]

No, sir. :) A Voodoo series card will not fit in an AGP 8x slot. They will fit in 4x slots, however.

[Sony]

That stinks I can't use my Voodoo with my new mobo oh well i'm selling it anyways. Learn something new everyday.

[everclock]

its a common misconception, dont worry, ur not the only one who has done that ;)

[Angry]

I dont quiet understand this, AGP 8x is sopposed to be backwards compatabl..............ah heck I dont queit get it, but it should work.

[Fast420A]

AN AGP 8x slot is backwards compatible to 4x but not 2x and 1x
Most AGP 4x slots are backward compatible to AGP 2x and 1x

[Bailey]

Don't feel bad, suprised the sh*t out me too. I tried to put my old KyroII into my new NF2 board - it fit but the board wouldn't work w/ the 3.3v card (that's how I ended up with an emergency GF4MX card - lol).

[PoX Freak]

Suprised me too, dude.
I had a 5500 with my kt7 board, and when i got the 8rda+, it wouldn't even go in. Theres an extra guide/alignment at the back of the slot which wont allow a 2x/1x board in, but 4x/8x will still work.
Thats where the MX420 came from (emergency video cards are usually always better than the old rage ii pci cards on the shelf)

[Aslan]

Well, it's not as annoying as having a Matrox G400 with the 4x indentation on the card, but due to it being a revision 1.0 card, not 4x capable, and therefore not compatible with 4x/8x motherboards. :p