What voltage is my video card?

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What voltage is my video card?

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I have a chaintech geforce 4 mx 440. Manual does not specify 3.3v or 1.5 v. What is newer? I think 1.5 volt cards. Does anyone know? It says 2x 4x compliant and works in my bp6 but won't work in an msi 845 pro II that calls for a 1.5 only. Are all newer cards 1.5v?
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Post by hyperspace »

1.5 is the latest voltage. I am pretty sure the card is 3.0 volts.
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Re: What voltage is my video card?

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harker wrote:I have a chaintech geforce 4 mx 440. Manual does not specify 3.3v or 1.5 v. What is newer? I think 1.5 volt cards. Does anyone know? It says 2x 4x compliant and works in my bp6 but won't work in an msi 845 pro II that calls for a 1.5 only. Are all newer cards 1.5v?
http://www.bp6.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=1796

The card should be AGP 2.0 and it should work with 1,5 or 3,3V. It should work in your MSI board, too.
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It does not work and their website says only a 1.5 will work...any other could damage the board. I am sure you are right hyperspace but I wish the websites for these videocards would specify.
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The 440 MX graphics chipset on will support AGP 2.0 and 3.0 specifications. AGP 2.0 and 3.0 will support 1.5 or 3.3 volts. Based on what I have read, the 440 MX chipset supports 3.3 volts. That makes sense if your card works in the BP6 but not in your MSI mainboard. I found this about the MSI 845 Pro2:

One AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) 4x slot (1.5V only)
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Post by Wolfram »

AGP voltage was often an issue with older Matrox G400 cards, which were not AGP 2.0 / 4x compliant, so they would not run with 1,5V and required 3,3V. Even the newer revisions of the G400 work in 1,5V slots. The G400 is much older than the GF 4 MX. I doubt Chaintech produced a card that does not meet AGP 2.0 specs by that time. Of course, it´s theoretically possible...
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Post by harker »

Thanks all for the reply's....yea I got this card off ebay some time ago for like $70 so I am sure it must be a 3.3v...and note that MSI specifically says 3.3 will not work. So time to upgrade. I want to transfer all my VHS to DVD. The all in wonders s/b good for this eh? Why do they all say svideo out but no video in.......do the have video in?
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Post by locomo10 »

I've got a AIW 8500DV and it has video out and in (S-video, composite and firewire). I could be wrong but all the Radeon AIW have video (s-vid and composite) out and in.
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Post by HAL6000 »

This shows how the card edge should be for all types of AGP cards. You can always compare it to yours to see what you have.
http://www.motherboards.org/articlesd/t ... 920_3.html

I have the first Radeon AIW and it has the connectors
Inputs:
  • RF
  • S Video
  • Composite Video
  • Audio
Outputs:
  • S Video
  • Composite Video
  • VGA/DVI
  • Line Out Audio
  • S/PDIF Audio
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