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Identifying vid card bus type

DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
edited March 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
So, the video card in the ancient family computer finally croaked. The cooling fan was so clogged with dust, I can't even rotate it with my finger. Anyway, I was going to order a cheapo card off a website, but the card doesn't look like any other kind I've seen. Not even on bustypes.com.

My digital camera's battery has to recharge, so please make do with this crappy webcam shot.

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  • VulpineVulpine Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Looks like AGP, keyed for both 3.3 and 1.5V. The port it slots into should also be maroon or brown.

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  • AurinAurin Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Looks like a regular AGP card to me...

    Here is an image from Newegg for reference, the pins on the side match, even though this one looks new and shiny. :P

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Ah, interesting.

    Now, if I took a hi-res picture of the card, do you think it could be identified?

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  • VulpineVulpine Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    It depends on the card; manufacturer's logos, codenames, other little etchings and so on can always help. I remember my first AGP card (nVidia Riva 128ZX) has "Daytona VGA" etched onto the circuit board.

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  • Omnicron9999Omnicron9999 Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Its AGP, it should fit into most AGP slots.

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  • ArbitraryDescriptorArbitraryDescriptor Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Vulpine wrote: »
    It depends on the card; manufacturer's logos, codenames, other little etchings and so on can always help. I remember my first AGP card (nVidia Riva 128ZX) has "Daytona VGA" etched onto the circuit board.
    Any card sold in the US should have an FCC id # that you can identify it with

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