How could u tell between AGP4X and AGP V5500

[Kyon_CoraeL]

Could anyone please tell me how I would be able to spot a AGP Voodoo 5 5500 which has AGP 4X compared to one which uses AGP 1X? Are there certain revision numbers I should look for or any pin differences?

Thanx.

[Nightbird]

The pcb is different simply.
Look how is a V4 4500 Agp (compatible Agp 4x) and you will see that the notch is different.

[Kyon_CoraeL]

Thanx

[amp_man]

But remember that it's not 4x AGP, it's 1.5V Agp. You should not run this card at agp 4x.

[Kyon_CoraeL]

I am a bit ignorant in this topic but why may I ask should it not run in 4X AGP? and if not 4X then what about 2X?

[amp_man]

You don't get any performance gain, that's why. The Voodoo 5 is an AGP 1x part, it's not designed to get any performance gain from running at higher AGP rates, and in practice it actually loses a little performance (at least in my tests). I couldn't even get my V5 to run at 4x in my MSI K7T266Pro2-a, it kept reverting back to 2x with every driver set I tried. Also, just to catch you up to speed, the normal V5 has 1 notch in the AGP connector, a 1.5V V5 has two notches.

[Kyon_CoraeL]

Ah, Thanx for the info. I am very grateful for this information.