Is G450 and Intel 845 Chipset ok?

[dobbin]

Just got a Gigabyte 8IDX motherboard with an Intel 845 (SDRAM) chipset and reading the manual there's a great big warning about the 845 chipset only supporting 4xAGP(1.5v) - anything else may result in burning out the m/b!

Basically, can someone confirm if the G450 32Mb Millenium (Dualhead) is a 4xAGP (1.5v) card - I know it can support 4xAGP, I'm just not sure about the 1.5v part - can't seem to find anything in the tech details on Matrox's web site.

If the Matrox card is no good, does anyone know if my spare (dare I say it?) nVidia Geforce 2 GTS is a 1.5v card? I would much prefer the G450 for the image quality!

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Tim.

[Kruzin]

It will work. G450 (and G400 and G550) can autoswitch to the correct voltage needed.

[dobbin]

Thanks for the info - putting a new machine together is worrying enough without problems like this.

Regards,

Tim.

[frankymail]

Easy way to check if you video card is 1.5V compliant: if teh AGP connector itself (the part with the small gold plates; do not include anyother part before or after the connector) is separated in 3 parts, you're sure it's 1.5V compliant.