PCI-E and AGP at the same time!

jmke · 17th January 2005, 23:19

I’m in Taiwan at VIA’s head office running some tests on some new chipsets that will come out next year in Jan/Feb.

I was testing it and I thought what the hell, lets see what happens when I plug a PCI-E and AGP in together. I had already told all the media it won't boot the 2 cards but I wanted to see if it just doesn’t work or only card works or what. Well it booted. The AGP card was working and nothing on the PCI-E during boot up. Then Windows starts and its swaps to the PCI-E card I’m like "What the ..!"

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petervandamned · 18th January 2005, 02:23

LOL he is

Sidney · 18th January 2005, 02:48

Now this is different ..... better than "SLI" or another way to utlilize "SLI". Good thinking ...... a product that saves money and yields better performance is always welcome.

17th January 2005, 23:19	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	PCI-E and AGP at the same time! I’m in Taiwan at VIA’s head office running some tests on some new chipsets that will come out next year in Jan/Feb. I was testing it and I thought what the hell, lets see what happens when I plug a PCI-E and AGP in together. I had already told all the media it won't boot the 2 cards but I wanted to see if it just doesn’t work or only card works or what. Well it booted. The AGP card was working and nothing on the PCI-E during boot up. Then Windows starts and its swaps to the PCI-E card I’m like "What the ..!" http://forums.viaarena.com/messagevi...nterthrea d=y __________________

18th January 2005, 02:23	#2
petervandamned [M] Reviewer Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 479	LOL he is __________________

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Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	Now this is different ..... better than "SLI" or another way to utlilize "SLI". Good thinking ...... a product that saves money and yields better performance is always welcome. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

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