G450 upgrade to Parhelia 128 mb possible?

[shrinkray]

Please excuse my newbie question.

I'm using a Dell workstation 330 (win2K) with an AGP Pro slot on the motherboard. The system was built/delivered with a G450 card (2001). How can I figure out if this computer is compatible with the Parhelia-512? I want the Parhelia because I work in the 3D animation market.

[Marshmallowman]

if it supports at least agp 4x, it *should* have no problem with a parhelia

[shrinkray]

Sounds good. The documentation is unclear, stating it is AGP Pro. I'll check with Dell to see what that bus actually accepts.

Thanks.

[Ribbit]

AGP Pro slots accept standard AGP cards as well. The "Pro" extension is actually just extra power pins for power-hungry cards.

I've not heard of an AGP Pro motherboard that was less than AGP 4x speed, but I suppose they could exist.

[Kruzin]

It should work, but check this thread at Matrox's forums:

http://forum.matrox.com/mga/viewtopic.php?t=3789

Some models of Dells have system resource issues, and require a BIOS update...

[shrinkray]

wow. all this is great stuff! thanks.

[chhfchhf]

look out the voltage!!!