AGP PRO to AGP adaptor

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double9s

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I recently won an NVIDIA 6800 Ultra at work. The problem is that it's AGP PRO, which I had previously never even heard of. I have an AGP board but I'm told it won't work. What about something like the following:

http://www.mycableshop.com/sku/AGP2PROX.htm

Would an adaptor like this bad for the card or MB? Considering the the extra prongs on an AGP PRO card are for power, I'm a little worried. I'd gladly buy a new MB but AGP PRO boards with all the features are want for a reasonable price are pretty hard to come by. Anyone have any experience with one of these adaptors or know another method to plug a Pro card into a non-Pro board?
 
That looks like it's for testing - wouldn't that change the height of the card, preventing it from being permanently installed in a case?

Also, I've never seen an AGP Pro 6800 Ultra. If it's really an AGP Pro... where the hell did they find one of those? Hopefully it's just AGP4x with the dual Molex... have you seen the card yet, or just been told about it?
 
i know that mac's use agp pro slots and that most mac graphics cards are agp pro so that they dont need an external power connecter.
 
NVIDIA sponsors coding tournaments for my company, TopCoder. They supply us with cards now and then. This just came in a bag with no manufacturer label on it. I think it might have been one of NVIDIA's own card. Anyway, it's definitely AGP PRO and it looks like I definitely can't use it, bummer.
 
I'd get myself a i875P based board if you've got an Intel processor. Such as the P4C800-E Deluxe.

However it may not be AGP pro at all. I've never heard of a 6800 anything being sold in AGP Pro.

Are you sure your installing the card in a motherboard with a 1.5v AGP slot instead of a 3.3v AGP slot?
 
This is what I know.

The card is definitely AGP PRO 1.5v. I compared the connector to screenshots.
The card is definitely in the 6800 series.
The card takes up 2 slots. Most of the 2 slot 6800's I've seen are Ultras so I just figured this one was too.

There's a number on the fan like NVIDIA ## but I forget what the number is. I'd try to grab some screenshots but I don't have a digital camera. I'll see what I can do.

So yeah the easy solution is to buy an AGP PRO MB and check it out but they're kinda pricey, especially for a secondary computer (I just made my main pc into an nforce4 rig with PCIE). I was just hoping this adaptor might help out.
 
I dunno, considering I got it for free, I don't really wanna ruffle any feathers. In the end, I can't really complain.
 
If you don't want to send it back to Nvidia, you could see if you could make a trade in the FS/T forum....might be able to exchance it for something that you can use...
 
Yeah I was going to say that too, try selling it and use that money to get a AGP 6800 Ultra, or a 6800GT if you don't need the Ultra's performance, and keep the money! gL
 
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