[Gllug] OT new graphics card compatibility

[Simon Perry]

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=

> My questions are:
> 
> - 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.

Simon
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