[Gllug] OT new graphics card compatibility

[will]

Simon Perry wrote:
> will wrote:
>> The problem I have is that all the cards I can find (even the cheapest)
>> state that they are AGP 8x.
> 
> PCI from £21.95 plus vat
> http://rlsupplies.co.uk/Products/default.asp?type=dept&DepartmentID=99&MID=

Unfortunately the only supplier my my work will use is microdirect 
(microdirect.co.uk), but I gave up using rlsupplies after they lied to 
me about a product then:

- lied to me about what they had said after I bought it
- tried to make me pay for a courier to return the product

Luckily microdirect have fairly cheap cards.

>> - If I buy an AGP 8x card and my PC only has an AGP slot less than '8x',
>> will it still work, just a bit slower.
> http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/AGP
> 
> States that 8x cards are only backwards compatible to 4x.

That is good, but I have no idea if my motherboard is AGP 2x or AGP 4x, 
I assume the latter, but is there a way of finding out from the shell?

Will
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